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as in dementia
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
Joan of Arc was certain the voices she had been hearing were not a manifestation of some sort of aberration
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as in anomaly
something that is different from what is ordinary or expected
there are some slight aberrations in the type due to the nature of old printing presses
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Recent Examples of aberration
Freeze was thankful for his opportunity to coach the Tigers, suggesting his final record there was an aberration from the rest of his career.
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Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Their only bad performance came in a one-score loss to the Steelers; an aberration of a game defined by a season-high number of turnovers.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
Here and there, artistic aberrations emerge in the motif.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
White Lotus was an aberration to that, where Mike [White, series creator] had all five or six scripts completed.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
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Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Their only bad performance came in a one-score loss to the Steelers; an aberration of a game defined by a season-high number of turnovers.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
Here and there, artistic aberrations emerge in the motif.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
White Lotus was an aberration to that, where Mike [White, series creator] had all five or six scripts completed.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aberration
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Bruce was diagnosed with dementia in 2023 and has been living separately from his family with full-time care since 2025, as the couple has two young girls living at home.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Under the program, younger inmates are trained to care for elderly prisoners living with dementia.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Beyond weapons diagnostics, the setup could enable studies of sterile neutrinos, axions, or unexplained anomalies seen in reactor antineutrino spectra.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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The goal isn’t just to detect anomalies, but to understand how every change fits into the broader system.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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What’s that old saying about the definition of insanity.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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In that case, Bojeh was found not guilty by reason of insanity and later released under conditional supervision.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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That type of big-moment success was more the exception than the rule, however, in a Chiefs defensive season defined by letdowns in late, game-changing moments.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Smith maintained many of the gifts cited by Cannon fell under exceptions to the disclosure rules, including those governing charity event tickets and gifts for birthdays or holidays.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Or perhaps that is the concern conjured by the hysteria of Y2K—with its fads of fears pumped by a skepticism over technology and wars people could not hold so freshly after the recession of the early 1990s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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However, after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, anti-Japanese hysteria spread across the United States.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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There's a melancholic tone, an aesthetic darkness and a general abnormality to the new Marvel series that makes it unlike any Marvel series or film before it.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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Researchers are also finding that the abnormalities in the immune system during the preclinical stage may be coming from sites in the body other than the joints.—
Kevin Deane,
The Conversation,
23 Jan. 2026
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Shares have been on a tear despite no new updates on expanding the company's schizophrenia drug, Cobenfy, to treat Alzheimer's — a key to our investment thesis.—
Paulina Likos,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2026
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Medical experts testified at trial to his diagnosis of schizophrenia.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Melling is something of a rarity among movie actors, a distinctive-looking chameleon.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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Then you're ushered to your private table—a rarity in the luau world—before the show begins.—
Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Aberration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aberration. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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