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as in exception
something that is different from what is ordinary or expected
her C grade is an anomaly, as she's never made anything except A's and B's before
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as in abnormality
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal
snow in July is an anomaly in most of the northern hemisphere
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Recent Examples of anomaly
This pivot is not an anomaly for indie theaters: The Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Utah, is sitting out the final Sundance altogether, having moved entirely away from movie screenings in favor of live performance.
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Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 29 July 2025
Sutton instead smiled and downplayed the outing as an anomaly and one that didn’t matter because Denver had improved to 4-3.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 28 July 2025
These are not the only anomalies that set 3I/ATLAS apart from typical comets.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Owl is powered by artificial intelligence to autonomously identify and classify threats or anomalies.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 25 July 2025
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Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 29 July 2025
Sutton instead smiled and downplayed the outing as an anomaly and one that didn’t matter because Denver had improved to 4-3.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 28 July 2025
These are not the only anomalies that set 3I/ATLAS apart from typical comets.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Owl is powered by artificial intelligence to autonomously identify and classify threats or anomalies.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anomaly
Noun
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The ordinance, however, did carve out the exception that local officials would contact ICE if an inmate had a detainer assigned to them, The Courier Journal reported.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Aug. 2025
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Until last weekend, 40 states have seen cases, and the 10 exceptions are mostly in the East, with several scattered in the and South and West.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Even in midlife, women remain at risk for developing cervical abnormalities and cervical cancer, which can progress silently over many years, Goldman says.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Flow Space,
4 Aug. 2025
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Michigan's Great Lakes don't produce tsunamis, but weather conditions can cause abnormalities in water levels and movements that can appear similar, and are known as seiches or meteotsunamis.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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Walk through the quaint lobby to find another hidden gem, the Sax Garden, a romantic French-style garden restaurant, complete with a heated outdoor pool (a rarity in Paris), checkerboard marble floors and green foliage.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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This difficult position might explain why Putin’s grip over even his own loyal underlings is slipping as more economic officials speak out with warnings over the dire state of the economy—a rarity in Putin’s command and control system.—
Time,
Time,
9 Aug. 2025
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The breakthrough came in 2019, when high-throughput DNA sequencing revealed a rare mutation in a gene called PIGZ.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Aug. 2025
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Gene drives are sequences of DNA that can be inserted into the genome of an individual and cause a specific mutation or gene to be passed on to virtually all offspring, instead of just 50%.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
23 July 2025
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Power Rangers uh, have fought monster bugs…sometimes?—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The luxury, 387-room hotel, located in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills complex, is collaborating with the Nintendo, the parent company of Pokémon, to give its fans the ultimate respite this summer: a few nights surrounded by their favorite pocket monsters.—
Jalyn Robinson,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Aug. 2025
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Here is the essential guide to making your house clean enough to satisfy your most critical inner neat freak and launch you into summer with a house that actually shines.—
Rachel Silva,
ELLE Decor,
24 Jan. 2023
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The menu offers appetizers like hummus, 12-inch pizzas, like the meat freak, made with red sauce, mozzarella, sausage, bacon, pepperoni, grilled chicken and oregano flakes.—
Bahar Anooshahr,
The Arizona Republic,
14 Jan. 2023
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“Anomaly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anomaly. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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