aberrations

plural of aberration

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Recent Examples of aberrations The flaws and the aberrations the lenses created were, in fact, Levy’s favorite parts. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 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
  • The hospital serves children with more complex pediatric conditions including complex cardiac, neurosurgical, congenital anomalies, cancer and blood disorders in addition to the everyday ailments of the state’s children.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 5 Nov. 2026
  • In these regions, the predominant ailments are HIV/AIDS, premature birth and birth trauma, congenital anomalies and injuries.
    — Emilee Flynn, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the practice of establishing non-disclosure agreements with public officials will largely end, OpenAI said, except for a narrow set of exceptions focused on security or trade secrets.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The specific restrictions and exceptions have yet to be determined.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • There have also been reports that mice carrying a mix of mitochondrial DNA from two animals had behavioral, cognitive, and other abnormalities.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Doctors have long relied primarily on transvaginal ultrasounds to examine the thickness of the uterine lining for abnormalities, as well as on endometrial tissue biopsies to determine whether cancer or precancerous changes are present.
    — Margaret Hetherman, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2026

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“Aberrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aberrations. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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