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Recent Examples of abnormally
The disease causes blood cells to grow abnormally in the bone marrow.
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Bonnie Bolden, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
As Connecticut starts off August with soaring temperatures and lots of sunshine, the state is facing abnormally dry conditions with the potential to turn into a moderate drought, according to officials.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025
The bacteria thrives in warm water, and cases tend to increase after hurricanes hit the coast, but one expert told NBC News the number of deaths is abnormally high for this point in the year.
—Sarah Whitmire, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Coastal erosion, saltwater inundation, and flood damage can be amplified during events like king tides—abnormally high tides that expose low-lying areas to unexpected hazards.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Bonnie Bolden, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
As Connecticut starts off August with soaring temperatures and lots of sunshine, the state is facing abnormally dry conditions with the potential to turn into a moderate drought, according to officials.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025
The bacteria thrives in warm water, and cases tend to increase after hurricanes hit the coast, but one expert told NBC News the number of deaths is abnormally high for this point in the year.
—Sarah Whitmire, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Coastal erosion, saltwater inundation, and flood damage can be amplified during events like king tides—abnormally high tides that expose low-lying areas to unexpected hazards.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abnormally
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Earlier this year, a titanium mine was slated for construction on the edge of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, an unusually diverse ecosystem that is home to some of the country’s most pristine wetlands.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The film’s unusually long running time of 174 minutes would likely have required its images to be pretty heavily compressed to fit them onto a 66GB disc, but 100GB will hopefully give the remaster room to breathe.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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These stellar fireworks generated extraordinarily powerful galactic winds, first detected in 2019, spanning a whopping 326,200 light-years, propelling gas and dust outward into the galaxy's vast halo of hot gas, known as the circumgalactic medium, or CGM.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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While the chances of winning are extraordinarily low — about 1 in 292 million, according to Powerball — if history is any indication, some states may have more of a propensity to churn out winners than others.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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The director said that watching Clooney perform this part left him uncommonly emotional on set.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Its political agnosticism is seen, uncommonly, as a merit for loftier aims.—
Chris R. Morgan,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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That can be done singularly or collectively, but a singular approach would be more costly and disjointed.—
GARY ROUGHEAD,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Sep. 2025
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The moral firewall around Kennedy is illustrated by the case of glyphosate, an herbicide so singularly reviled by MAHA that, on social media, Ryerson goes by the Glyphosate Girl.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Lisa, 28, wore a black maxi dress with cutouts, and paired the look with an extremely rare Hermès Birkin while in South Korea's capital city.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Directly referencing elders in such a manner is exceptionally rare in ancient inscriptions, underscoring the significance of the find.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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This is opposed to Destiny 2’s exceptionally poor onboarding experience which has only gotten worse in time.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Besides being exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to remove, paint can also damage brick by trapping moisture within the wall assembly leading to flaking paint and possible structural damage to the building.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Tahiti Nui appears exceedingly remote on a map.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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In numerous offices, devices remain unencrypted, backup systems are improperly configured and software updates are postponed due to operational interruptions.—
Tarun Eldho Alias,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The car company run by Elon Musk asked a federal court Friday to dismiss massive damages awarded to victims of a deadly crash, arguing that their lawyers had misled the jury by improperly bringing up the billionaire during the trial.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Abnormally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abnormally. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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