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as in exceptions
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 abnormalities
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 anomalies
The platform employs a combination of supervised and unsupervised learning techniques to identify patterns, anomalies, and issues across large document sets without requiring extensive human configuration.
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Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
The Tuesday parking shortage and the Monday emptiness are not anomalies to correct.
—Chase Garbarino, Fortune, 15 May 2026
The massive rocket has encountered a number of anomalies and failures since its debut in April 2023 ended in a premature explosion, including fiery mishaps both on the test stand and mid-flight.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Diego, its creator, begins to notice glitches and anomalies that reveal alternative uses for the system.
—Roberto Prieto, Variety, 13 May 2026
Reward people for spotting anomalies.
—Sarah Davanzo, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
Law enforcement from the South Elgin Police Department and Fox Valley Major Crimes Task Force spent Thursday at a home in the 800 block of Revere Road after ground-penetrating radar found anomalies underground that police said warranted further investigation.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 8 May 2026
On Friday, unknown attackers exploited the vulnerability to push a new version of element-data, a command-line interface that helps users monitor performance and anomalies in machine-learning systems.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
In this military facility designed to withstand a nuclear strike, data is collected from sensors across the far north monitoring everything from the seafloor all the way up to space, sifted for anomalies, and analyzed for threats such as shadow fleet ships and unidentified aircraft.
—Alan Crawford, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
The Tuesday parking shortage and the Monday emptiness are not anomalies to correct.
—Chase Garbarino, Fortune, 15 May 2026
The massive rocket has encountered a number of anomalies and failures since its debut in April 2023 ended in a premature explosion, including fiery mishaps both on the test stand and mid-flight.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Diego, its creator, begins to notice glitches and anomalies that reveal alternative uses for the system.
—Roberto Prieto, Variety, 13 May 2026
Reward people for spotting anomalies.
—Sarah Davanzo, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
Law enforcement from the South Elgin Police Department and Fox Valley Major Crimes Task Force spent Thursday at a home in the 800 block of Revere Road after ground-penetrating radar found anomalies underground that police said warranted further investigation.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 8 May 2026
On Friday, unknown attackers exploited the vulnerability to push a new version of element-data, a command-line interface that helps users monitor performance and anomalies in machine-learning systems.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
In this military facility designed to withstand a nuclear strike, data is collected from sensors across the far north monitoring everything from the seafloor all the way up to space, sifted for anomalies, and analyzed for threats such as shadow fleet ships and unidentified aircraft.
—Alan Crawford, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anomalies
Noun
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With very few exceptions, an end was declared, not only to empires, but also to city-states, duchies, principalities, emirates, sultanates, caliphates, khanates, agencies, princely states, colonies, suzerains, dependencies, mandates, tributaries, condominia and protectorates.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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In the aggregate, there is a correlation between earlier picks and better outcomes, but exceptions abound.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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According to the National Institutes of Health's Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center, Schwartz-Jampel syndrome is a condition where the muscles permanently stiffen and a person has bone abnormalities called chondrodysplasia, both of which can worsen over time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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As part of that effort, the railroad has installed inspection portals that scan the trains and take pictures to help spot any abnormalities that would suggest contraband or immigrants aboard the train.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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The space is also adorned with vitrines showcasing jewelry by David Webb, Boucheron, and René Boivin, as well as other rarities, like an asteroid fragment and a Tyrannosaurus rex tooth.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
17 Apr. 2026
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The vinyl rarities sold exclusively during the annual Record Store Day in April run from Taylor Swift to the Grateful Dead and local indie acts, but much of the appeal is the joyous atmosphere that surrounds the industry promotion.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
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The 400,000-year-old teeth all had two key mutations in a protein found in tooth enamel.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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For infectious viral diseases, mRNA technology has the advantage of being able to do a strain match, Bancel says, which means it can be adapted to mutations quicker than other vaccines.—
Charlotte Hu,
Time,
12 May 2026
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“Anomalies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anomalies. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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