aberrations

plural of aberration

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of aberrations He’s learned from his aberrations, whether jumping on the couch or advising people not to take prescription drugs. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026 Those contracts were also aberrations; Moreno never permitted the Angels to exceed baseball’s luxury-tax threshold. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 There’s not enough space in one letter to describe the aberrations of this president. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 And that those who carry both principles in a single body, who have always carried both, are not aberrations of this cosmology. — Vogue, 1 June 2026 But as the film quietly signals, a society’s obscenities are not aberrations, only parts of an ugly chapter in a long history. — Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026 However, the 14mm shows more corner aberrations than the 20mm and 24mm lenses. — James Abbott, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2026 These flat metalenses could focus this light without the kinds of aberrations that can result from the curves of conventional optics. — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025 Here and there, artistic aberrations emerge in the motif. — Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aberrations
Noun
  • Buckle up for Seven of Nine exploring a remote cluster of uncanny exoplanets, strange alien artifacts, long lost civilizations, and trippy paranormal anomalies.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Reatil and quick-service restaurants can audit drive-thru bottlenecks, analyze foot traffic and flag point-of-sale (POS) anomalies.
    — Robert Messer, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • With its golf ambassadors, Peter Millar still tends to focus on promoting its golfwear — with a few exceptions, such as an event in the Hamptons last year with Cameron Young where the PGA Tour pro showed up dressed in the brand’s lifestyle product.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • After October 19, if that problem falls under one of the new exceptions, those benefits will no longer be legally protected—but airlines can still choose to provide them.
    — Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • However, because the Food and Drug Administration has warned about a potential for birth abnormalities, it is not recommended for women who are pregnant or who want to get pregnant.
    — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
  • For healthcare leaders, the path forward is less about detecting ever more abnormalities than about improving the balance between early detection, diagnostic precision and health-system capacity.
    — Oran Muduroglu, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Aberrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aberrations. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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