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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
Sam tells him about Link being Dylan — one of those anomalies that surely all Paradise fans are going to be parsing through episodes for now.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Other statistical approaches model seabeds and identify anomalies that deviate from it.
—John Femiani, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Perhaps what was an anomaly — but thank goodness miraculous — was the flight attendant, who was seated in her jumpseat with her seat belt and harness on, surviving the crash when she was ejected 300 feet.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
But that may have been an anomaly.
—ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Other statistical approaches model seabeds and identify anomalies that deviate from it.
—John Femiani, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Perhaps what was an anomaly — but thank goodness miraculous — was the flight attendant, who was seated in her jumpseat with her seat belt and harness on, surviving the crash when she was ejected 300 feet.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
But that may have been an anomaly.
—ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anomaly
Noun
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The exception, of course, is the oil companies that get a free ride off the hostilities.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
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Unfortunately, Ingersoll Rand is an exception in offering equity to all employees.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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There is an ongoing scientific controversy over whether obese individuals with no metabolic abnormalities, such as diabetes, high cholesterol, or hypertension, should be treated as higher risk.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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The abnormality has also been linked to deaths in the National Football League and in other sports such as hockey and soccer.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Consequently, while the consideration of parental gun behaviors is not entirely absent from custody decisions, its relative rarity suggests a deliberate unwillingness to link them with parental fitness considerations.—
Marcia Zug,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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Which brings us to the math rarity.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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For example, mutations in myosin genes involved in inner ear function can cause hereditary hearing loss, as these proteins are essential for the proper operation of sensory hair cells.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 Apr. 2026
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Over time, this can lead to cellular DNA damage or mutations that can cause cancer.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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In Nuremberg,Göring is closer to a sad clown than to a monster.—
Alice Kaplan,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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For the non-Nintendo among us, Bowser is Mario’s enemy, a fire-breathing monster and leader of the Koops.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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What kind of freak throws a 95 mph splitter?—
Andy Behrens,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The spring has been a bit cruel, what with the PED offender, the freak finger injury and the ever-mounting pile of ailing pitchers.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Anomaly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anomaly. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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