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Recent Examples of aberration Cited evidence includes aberrations in the GPS and pace data, and that Goodge’s heart rate was unrealistically low in long stretches, with some days’ tracking average not too far above 100bpm. Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 Between 2016 and 2020, European leaders could make a case that Trumpism was an aberration and that the United States could repair relations and shore up the NATO alliance by bringing either a Democrat or some kind of pre-Trump Republican back into the White House. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025 Nina’s challenge is twofold: to get Jim to trust her enough to provide usable intel on Ezra, and to gain the respect of her FBI colleagues, most of whom treat her like an aberration or an inconvenience. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 May 2025 The first two games of their second-round series with the defending champs have proved to be an aberration. Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for aberration
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Noun
  • Due to his battle with dementia, Wilson was placed under a conservatorship in February 2024, weeks after the death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
  • Fannie’s Friends support group: Fannie’s Friends is a virtual support group for adult daughters and granddaughters caring for those living with dementia.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • These scans can detect benign anomalies that trigger unnecessary follow-ups and patient anxiety.
    Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Beyond that in-the-moment reaction, though, the anomaly was not acknowledged during the remainder of the test, which seemed to conclude as planned.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Defense had planned to argue insanity Purdy’s trial had been scheduled to take place in July.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
  • The trial was initially scheduled to begin three months ago but was delayed after Abril changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Aside from the pandemic anomaly, the World Bank data also showed that only three exceptions to annual passenger growth occurred post-1980.
    Dana Dunne, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Federal contractors and in some cases subcontractors are an exception, as are a handful of states.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • An Early Frost attempted the nearly impossible: Transform hysteria into empathy.
    Hal Rubenstein, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
  • While posed as being about a threat from without, this U.S. hysteria had everything to do with domestic realities.
    Time, Time, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Your doctor may also run tests to look for an underlying condition like PCOS, a thyroid abnormality, or endometriosis that may need to be treated or managed with, potentially, medications or surgery.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 23 June 2025
  • The chemical compound has been linked to fetal abnormalities, low birth weight, and brain and behavior disorders in infants and children, as well as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and obesity in adults.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Recent research has looked at its potential benefits, in very low doses, for treatment of depression, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 June 2025
  • This policy is particularly dangerous for people living with schizophrenia, a condition that can profoundly impair a person’s ability to function in daily life.
    Carali McLean, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Despite the relative rarity of myocarditis, the condition has underpinned a campaign by anti-vaccine activists to take the vaccines off the market.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
  • This long voyage, together with the rarity and beauty of sapphires, must have contributed to its high value.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025

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“Aberration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aberration. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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