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aberrant

[uh-ber-uhnt, ab-er-] / əˈbɛr ənt, ˈæb ər- /


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Let’s stop treating working into your 60s and beyond as aberrant, and start planning for a workforce with 15 or more years of healthy cognition after traditional retirement age.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

The implication that aberrant personality disorders might not be the exclusive purview of humans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Judge Alan Schneider said during Monday's hearing that his behaviour when he was arrested was "aberrant from his normal conduct", his lawyer Christy O'Connor told BBC News after the hearing.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Again, the answer lies in the collective mindset of reality TV, whose fans are highly tolerant of aberrant behavior and quick to forgive missteps.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025

The basset-hound data, Bateson argued, was either aberrant or inaccurate.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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