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as in abnormality
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as in arbitrariness
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Recent Examples of irregularity
An often droll world, for a moment revealing its contrasts, its irregularities, and suddenly becoming very much alive.
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Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Detect fraud: By analyzing patterns, verifying data, and identifying irregularities in real-time, AI strengthens payroll security and ensures compliance.
—Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Union-Tribune and its affiliated news service revealed irregularities with the sale — and the buyer’s record of winning federal contracts with Cunningham’s help.
—Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Both Panama’s attorney general and comptroller general have accused the port operator of financial irregularities tied to the company’s previous and current 25-year contracts with the government.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Detect fraud: By analyzing patterns, verifying data, and identifying irregularities in real-time, AI strengthens payroll security and ensures compliance.
—Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Union-Tribune and its affiliated news service revealed irregularities with the sale — and the buyer’s record of winning federal contracts with Cunningham’s help.
—Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Both Panama’s attorney general and comptroller general have accused the port operator of financial irregularities tied to the company’s previous and current 25-year contracts with the government.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irregularity
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According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders, the condition is a rare genetic disorder characterized by abnormalities of the skeletal muscles, including weakness and stiffness, abnormal bone development and joints that become fixed in bent or extended positions.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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But that abnormality was nothing compared to what the Minnesota Vikings (2-2) are currently experiencing.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Air consisted of atmospheric rock that fine tuned their ability to make powerful music without relying on distortion, and Earth was a mix of folk and Americana, something Kensrue had begun to explore via his 2007 solo record, Please Come Home.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Consciousness, human life, utterly in the grip of its own dreamlife, all our thinking and voicing caught in a web of surreal distortion, generated by our irrational yearning and apprehensions, our appetite for myth, our solipsism.—
Jane Ciabattari
September 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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Japan’s political volatility began after Shinzo Abe stepped down as prime minister in 2020.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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The impact, however, extends far beyond short-term market volatility.—
Tim Reynolds,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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But its stock’s advance has lagged that of rival GM as costly recalls to fix quality defects have detracted from Farley’s strategic refocusing and efforts to improve profit margins.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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By protecting tungsten diselenide’s atomic-scale defects, the coating dramatically improved photon reliability.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Even the film’s eccentricities that do feel out of a Pynchon novel — notably Lockjaw’s desire to join a secret society of white supremacists called the Christmas Adventurers Club — read as plausible in the current political climate.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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But in Franz, Kafka is pretty resolute in his identity and his eccentricities, notably in his insistence on writing all his now-famous literary works by hand.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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Marijuana may cause chromosomal defects in human egg cells Marijuana may cause chromosomal defects in human egg cells Higher levels of THC may cause chromosomal malformations in human eggs that may lead to infertility and miscarriages, a new study found.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Drake White had a stroke while performing on stage in 2019 and was later diagnosed with an arteriovenous malformation (AVM), according to his biography on his website.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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For chasers like Olbinski, the monsoon’s fickleness is both a frustration and a thrill.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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According to court documents, responding firefighters at the shooting scene identified gunshot wounds to Barron on the center of his chest, both of his arms, his left leg beneath the knee, his buttocks, and a deformity below his right knee, above his lower left leg below the knee.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Services cover conditions such as brain tumors, spine deformities, and chronic neck and back pain.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Irregularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irregularity. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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