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aberrant

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


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Potter fans have told me similar stories of imagining a place where the traits they were told made them aberrant in the Muggle world were prized and valued.

From Salon May 14, 2026

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

"This is just an aberrant episode in an otherwise productive life," she said, according to the Reuters news agency.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2025

“If we don’t distinguish our heartache—don’t at least attempt to work through it, you understand—it tends to pop up later. In different ways, aberrant ways.”

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore




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