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
  • When the fetus was diagnosed with a heart defect and other serious anomalies, the parents asked Kelley to terminate the pregnancy.
    — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Reconcile your accounts and review reports Even if your books are current, anomalies and errors can creep in.
    — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The meeting has fallen to roughly 15 minutes and is now largely about exceptions, problems and decisions.
    — Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Anthropic allows exceptions for certain government contracts when contractual restrictions and safeguards adequately mitigate potential harm.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • However, the drug also carries other risks, among them excessive salivation, gastrointestinal disorders, metabolic abnormalities, myocarditis (inflammation of heart muscle tissue), and seizures.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
  • But appropriate counseling depends on the precise diagnosis, gestational age, associated abnormalities, prognosis and maternal circumstances.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

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“Aberrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aberrations. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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