How to Use outlier in a Sentence

outlier

noun
  • And what Auburn fans want to hear is this: Thorne isn’t an outlier.
    — Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 21 Aug. 2023
  • In the age of NIL and the transfer, Richard is also an outlier.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
  • To be clear, Mr. Card is an outlier in more ways than one.
    — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The first is a solitary outlier: 2, the only even prime.
    — Quanta Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The outlier was a 15-14 advantage in the loss at San Diego State.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The Phoenix Suns' Terrence Ross is an outlier who prefers the sounds of crunchy and speedy guitar shreds.
    — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The Blue Devils’ 62-22 loss to Louisville last week isn’t an outlier.
    — Keven Lerner, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Nov. 2021
  • But there is at least one outlier: the elusive kaan kaan wu.
    — Rudy Lee, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Trump will be trying to make sure that was an outlier, not a trend.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • There is an outlier: Grayscale has a fee of 1.5 percent.
    — Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
  • In terms of the microcosm that was this series against a strong Mariners team, the loss was an outlier.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
  • And whatever caveats, whether that is an outlier, that's a tough one to spin.
    — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • There are a few outliers who maybe can live on mice, but that's very unusual.
    — Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Covid-19 wasn’t the outlier, a once-in-a-century tragedy.
    — Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 30 Apr. 2022
  • In that regard, Brown, Dartmouth, and Yale look like outliers.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Eight Sleep is the outlier that's accomplished what it's set out to do.
    — Anthony Karcz, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • Northern Kentucky’s high schools are an outlier compared to the rest of the state.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 15 July 2021
  • Across the avenue, these outliers were echoed by a trio of Citroen Traction Avant sedans.
    — Brett Berk, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
  • College softball teams that win and have fun are not outliers.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • The Celtics have done enough this season to make Game 1 seem like the outlier of these two performances.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2022
  • Many locals hope this year could still prove to be an outlier.
    — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
  • His name was the first sign that the appearances of Grammer and Stewart weren't outliers, but that there would be a whole bunch of X-Men in the film.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But was that outlier or could the Cowboys trust that to continue in 2024?
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The primary outlier, as is often the case, is the space bar, which makes a high-pitched, plastic snap noise on the way down and up.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2022
  • There are outliers on the market, but most air fryers fall within this range.
    — Caroline Thomason, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But President Ford’s path to the White House was an outlier.
    — Joseph W. Sullivan, National Review, 27 July 2022
  • But even on the national level, Texas does not seem to be that much of an outlier.
    — Harry Enten, CNN, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Last year’s title is looking more and more like an outlier rather than the start of a dynasty.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2021
  • In some ways, Wade falling even to No. 5 was an outlier (thank you, Darko Milicic).
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
  • For one thing, measurements of mean/average net worth can be skewed by outlier fortunes.
    — Mark Dent, HubSpot, 16 May 2025

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