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as in abnormality
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as in arbitrariness
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Recent Examples of irregularity
But financial irregularities — which appear to be a factor in both companies’ struggles, as the Justice Department reportedly investigates Tricolor and Deloitte does triage on First Brands’ accounting — tend to be a bad sign for the economy.
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The AlphaEarth Foundations team told IEEE Spectrum that one limitation in Earth observation is the inherent irregularity and sparsity of the data.
—Shannon Cuthrell, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2025
These external checks detect irregularities early and signal to staff and stakeholders that accountability matters.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Court documents show the State Department audited GardaWorld’s pre-deployment training records in 2019 and found improper paperwork, unauthorized instructors and other irregularities.
—Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The AlphaEarth Foundations team told IEEE Spectrum that one limitation in Earth observation is the inherent irregularity and sparsity of the data.
—Shannon Cuthrell, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2025
These external checks detect irregularities early and signal to staff and stakeholders that accountability matters.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Court documents show the State Department audited GardaWorld’s pre-deployment training records in 2019 and found improper paperwork, unauthorized instructors and other irregularities.
—Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irregularity
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If the aneurysm is found in a healthy patient and doesn’t show any high-risk features, doctors will monitor it and check for signs of growth or other abnormalities over time.—
Kaan Ozcan,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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Before the stethoscope, physicians often placed their ear directly on a patient’s chest to listen for abnormalities in breathing and heart sounds.—
Joshua Hutcheson,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
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The sense of arbitrariness that had previously bewildered and frustrated me was drowned out by excitement and sheer aesthetic pleasure.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
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Fourth Spacers places the focus on distortion, robotics and digital processes.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
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Bringing forward the perspective of Haitians represents one way to both lessen the silences of the past and rectify the ongoing and harmful distortions of the present.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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These higher prices have stemmed from recent market volatility and significant supply disruptions, especially in the case of platinum and copper.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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Gold, sought after by investors as a hedge against inflation and volatility, hit a record high of $4,201 per troy ounce Wednesday and is up about 59% on the year.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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Other higher-risk groups include those with congenital heart defects or disorders, structural heart problems, or a history of coronary artery disease or heart failure.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Berchtold was later acquitted of the kidnapping charges by reason of mental defect.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Rhoden and her colleagues studied how the eccentricity could have changed to recreate what is seen at Mimas today.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Out beyond the orbit of Triton, which orbits Neptune in a little under 6 days, the other Neptunian moons have their orbital periods measured in years, and appear at a wide variety of angles and with large eccentricities.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
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One rare disease of particular interest for my lab is cerebral cavernous malformation, or CCM.—
Richard J. Price,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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These are congenital malformations, essentially tiny tracts or pits near the ear that occur in about 0.1 to 0.9 percent of births in Europe and the United States, but can be more common in parts of Africa and Asia.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 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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“Irregularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irregularity. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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