as in anomalies
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 aberrations
But as the film quietly signals, a society’s obscenities are not aberrations, only parts of an ugly chapter in a long history.
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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
During the interrogations, Kelley determines that Göring and his fellow Nazi leaders were not historical aberrations, but ordinary people who had descended a dark moral path – one that even seemingly upright, war-victorious Americans might be capable of following.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Various cultures interpreted the ephemeral aberrations as fairies, ghosts or spirits.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2025
And while the early modeling suggested that the networks would have to contend with the occasional instance of statistical backsliding, Nielsen hasn’t been forthcoming about what might be causing these aberrations.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Based on the 2023 video game, an unnamed protagonist (Kazunari Ninomiya) gets trapped in an endlessly repeating patch of a subway station hallway, only able to get closer to an exit by identifying bizarre and incongruent aberrations in his environment.
—William Earl, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
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
During the interrogations, Kelley determines that Göring and his fellow Nazi leaders were not historical aberrations, but ordinary people who had descended a dark moral path – one that even seemingly upright, war-victorious Americans might be capable of following.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Various cultures interpreted the ephemeral aberrations as fairies, ghosts or spirits.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2025
And while the early modeling suggested that the networks would have to contend with the occasional instance of statistical backsliding, Nielsen hasn’t been forthcoming about what might be causing these aberrations.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Based on the 2023 video game, an unnamed protagonist (Kazunari Ninomiya) gets trapped in an endlessly repeating patch of a subway station hallway, only able to get closer to an exit by identifying bizarre and incongruent aberrations in his environment.
—William Earl, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aberrations
Noun
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Kawamura and the production designer Ryo Sugimoto have tweaked and expanded upon the game’s spare visual elements, updating, among other objects, the wall posters where several of the trickiest anomalies lie.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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People demand consistent application of laws that are riddled with subjective anomalies, then bemoan a lack of common sense whenever an official dares to interpret a rule too literally.—
Graham Scott,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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The ordinance, unanimously adopted by the City Council on March 17, clamps down on height exceptions for residential buildings and revises the process for considering high-volume drive-thru restaurants, to allow for more council oversight.—
Rose Evans
April 12,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Apr. 2026
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All meals and drinks (with some exceptions; see below) are included on Evrima.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There is an ongoing scientific controversy over whether obese individuals with no metabolic abnormalities, such as diabetes, high cholesterol, or hypertension, should be treated as higher risk.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Abnormalities in legal filings Questions began to emerge about the Nevada County cases last summer, after a judge noticed abnormalities in references to legal precedent in a brief filed by a prosecutor.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Aberrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aberrations. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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