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Recent Examples of abnormally
Friday, Saturday and Sunday are First Alert Weather Days due to abnormally cold weather.
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Cutter Martin, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
On the bearish side, Vanda found abnormally high flow ratios into the ProShares UltraShort Silver (ZSL), showing plenty of individual investors are making leveraged bets that the price will crash, Bhakre said.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
While Colorado downhill ski resorts continue to grapple with abnormally low snowfall and limited terrain offerings, the state’s cross country ski operations are struggling as well.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2026
Tarrant County is under abnormally dry conditions, according to the Texas Drought Monitor.
—Star-Telegram Staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
The affected skin could feel abnormally firm or waxy, changing color from red to white or grayish-yellow, and eventually to black as your skin tissue dies.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Jan. 2026
Another cause is when an abnormally long and warm fall delays dormancy.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2026
When blood flows at an abnormally high rate of pressure, hypertension (high blood pressure) can develop.
—Laura Schober, Health, 16 Jan. 2026
Six days dipped below freezing in December, but the month received abnormally low levels of precipitation, keeping any winter weather from forming.
—Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
Cutter Martin, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
On the bearish side, Vanda found abnormally high flow ratios into the ProShares UltraShort Silver (ZSL), showing plenty of individual investors are making leveraged bets that the price will crash, Bhakre said.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
While Colorado downhill ski resorts continue to grapple with abnormally low snowfall and limited terrain offerings, the state’s cross country ski operations are struggling as well.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2026
Tarrant County is under abnormally dry conditions, according to the Texas Drought Monitor.
—Star-Telegram Staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
The affected skin could feel abnormally firm or waxy, changing color from red to white or grayish-yellow, and eventually to black as your skin tissue dies.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Jan. 2026
Another cause is when an abnormally long and warm fall delays dormancy.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2026
When blood flows at an abnormally high rate of pressure, hypertension (high blood pressure) can develop.
—Laura Schober, Health, 16 Jan. 2026
Six days dipped below freezing in December, but the month received abnormally low levels of precipitation, keeping any winter weather from forming.
—Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abnormally
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Perhaps more unusually, Biden was given a sterling silver train set worth $7,750 from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and a road bike and two crates of dates worth $7,089 from United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.—
MATTHEW LEE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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But the overlap with unusually frigid temperatures afflicting Florida's Space Coast and the rest of the country have turned Crew-12's launch opportunities into an intricate dance around Artemis 2.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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American medicine is extraordinarily resistant to change.—
Robert Pearl,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2026
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Soft-spoken in person, Jefferson was extraordinarily adept at communicating emotion on the page.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Both should make for an uncommonly emotional celebration of indie film.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
22 Dec. 2025
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar also released uncommonly stark statements following Sunday's shooting, which killed at least 11 people and hospitalized 29.—
Anders Hagstrom , Ronn Blitzer,
FOXNews.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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That’s because the New Orleans saint behind that book, Nancy Lemann, possesses a singularly fabulous voice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Still, during my trip, people seemed singularly concerned with securing their own future.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
20 Dec. 2025
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Where these winds coincide with heavy snow, blizzard conditions are possible, with near-zero visibility and extremely dangerous travel, particularly along the Outer Banks of North Carolina and into southeast Virginia.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Therefore, telling the story in graphic form on behalf of Ukrainians themselves, explaining the preconditions for Russia’s attempts to erase Ukraine as a sovereign country and Ukrainians as an ethnic group, became extremely relevant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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For some, the Forest Service acted exceptionally, but others questioned the handling of the situation.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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The texture is exceptionally satisfying—its sticky, almost snail mucin-like feel sinks instantly into skin.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2026
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Yet despite their impressive size, encounters with these enigmas remain exceedingly rare due to the myriad of challenges of studying deep-sea sharks.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Like the loss of a parent or the loss of a child, the loss of a home is an exceedingly difficult thing for people to appreciate secondhand.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2026
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In August 2024, federal prosecutors accused JMG Investments and Schwartz of improperly receiving two PPP loans in December 2020 and not repaying the duplicate loan as required, according to the DOJ.—
Andrea Klick,
Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Police further said that the gun used in the shooting had been improperly stored, ultimately enabling the child to obtain it, per the outlets.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Abnormally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abnormally. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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