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Recent Examples of aberration Trump’s attempts to ignore or bully Congress look like a natural progression, not an aberration. David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025 Palud follows the same aberration when Being Maria tracks Schneider’s descent into heroin addiction, her wayward film career, family turmoil, and bisexuality. Armond White, National Review, 28 Mar. 2025 Bear in mind, the aberration (above) came in the last 60 seconds of normal time, with the score tied at 1-1. Phil Hay, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025 European leaders might have thought of Trump’s first term as an aberration, a bizarre four years followed by a return to normalcy. Joshua Keating, Vox, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aberration
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Noun
  • An Alzheimer's Association report, released April 29, said the total annual cost of caring for people living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia will reach $384 billion in 2025.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia, is a neurodegenerative condition that can start developing 20 years before symptoms appear.
    Allen Chang, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • By implementing Integrity Management protocols, companies can better detect anomalies, reduce vulnerabilities, and enhance overall security resilience.
    William Jones, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • The tremors can be so muffled and distant that people continually adapt, explaining away the anomalies.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Dominguez has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing two people and grievously wounding a third over the space of five days in April and May 2023.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • However, on April 18, a judge in Fulton County Superior Court dropped the charges against Calabrese-Lewis, ordering that she should be declared not guilty by reason of insanity, citing her mental illness, according to the filing obtained by PEOPLE.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The exception means employees can work remotely from anywhere in North Carolina, not solely within Mecklenburg County.
    Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The only exception is that when the three characters fall, the remaining two can be called as backup to help finish the fight.
    George Yang, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For much of the call, Mills leaned hard on federal deficit hysteria to justify spending cuts for essential public services his constituents rely on.
    Letters to the editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2025
  • But here, Clooney has recast himself as journalistic hero Edward R. Murrow, who in the early 1950s defied U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and his efforts to stoke anti-communist hysteria through the media.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Those abnormalities are the arrhythmias: atrial fibrillation, bradyarrhythmias and ventricular arrhythmias.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
  • During an average follow-up of 13 years, nearly 1 in 10 participants developed heart rhythm abnormalities.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But Bob, who suffers from schizophrenia and anxiety, doesn't share Rogers' mental stability and strong moral compass.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Lisa Cotton suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as well as asthma, and young Nazir Millien was severely autistic and disabled, said police sources.
    Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • These slides checked all the boxes: sleek, waterproof, comfortable, and supportive—an absolute rarity in the sandal world.
    Samantha Leal, StyleCaster, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Pulled from recording sessions that took place across a pivotal four-year period, the collection highlights rarities, alternate versions, and deep cuts that hardcore fans will appreciate.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025

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