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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
When the hotel opened in 1965, its double-arc design was an architectural anomaly in a staid capital city.
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Major Garrett, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
By implementing Integrity Management protocols, companies can better detect anomalies, reduce vulnerabilities, and enhance overall security resilience.
—William Jones, USA Today, 1 May 2025
The tremors can be so muffled and distant that people continually adapt, explaining away the anomalies.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Predictive algorithms now scan vast amounts of data to generate risk scores, detect anomalies and flag potential threats.
—Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2025
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Major Garrett, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
By implementing Integrity Management protocols, companies can better detect anomalies, reduce vulnerabilities, and enhance overall security resilience.
—William Jones, USA Today, 1 May 2025
The tremors can be so muffled and distant that people continually adapt, explaining away the anomalies.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Predictive algorithms now scan vast amounts of data to generate risk scores, detect anomalies and flag potential threats.
—Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anomaly
Noun
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Asking for fairness, the state workers who gathered outside the Caltrans headquarters across from the Capitol delivered a petition, urging the department to reconsider allowing exceptions to the telework policy.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2025
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Judge Florence Pan pressed Graver to explain why the Federal Reserve should be carved out as an exception to boards Trump should have control over, but the labor boards should not.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
Noun
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King underwent surgery Tuesday after doctors discovered a heart abnormality.—
Anne M. Peterson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
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Angel City defender Savy King underwent a successful surgery Tuesday to address a heart abnormality, the team announced, days after King collapsed on the field during Friday’s match against the Utah Royals.—
Rebecca Tauber,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Those are rarities throughout the last 6,000 years of recorded history.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2025
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That is the point, as MSNBC for the first time builds out its own news division, a rarity for linear TV these days, while retaining a lineup of primetime progressive hosts.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Influenza pandemics are shaped by more than viral mutation.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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The microscopic gene-editors zeroed in on one of Muldoon's mutations so tiny molecular scissors could perform a kind of genetic surgery — literally rewriting his genetic code to fix his defect.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
15 May 2025
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Another one of Universal’s monsters features prominently in the Curse of the Werewolf spinning coaster.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2025
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Dark Universe is where monsters from Universal’s classic horror films – like Frankenstein, Dracula and the Invisible Man – live on in the village of Darkmoor.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Any time America reports its economy is strong, Wall Street has a freak-out.—
Christine Romans,
CNN,
6 Jan. 2023
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The latest episode of the Fox first responder series saw a freak storm system wreak havoc at a carnival, particularly for a newly single dad, Trevor (Lucifer's D.B. Woodside), who had to be rescued by the 126 twice in one day.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
25 Jan. 2023
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“Anomaly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anomaly. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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