anomalous
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This tiny deviation is known as the "anomalous magnetic moment," or g−2.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Footage from Iraq, Syria and the United Arab Emirates, shows what the Pentagon's website calls "unresolved unidentified anomalous phenomenon".
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Ireland is an anomalous country in several different ways.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
“We do have some very anomalous objects,” he said, adding that the office, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, hasn’t yet discovered verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
These kinds of mistakes were not anomalous events.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing anomalous
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