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aberration

noun as in state of abnormality

noun as in different from that expected

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To them, even after eight years of experience, the president is some type of sui generis figure, an aberration in American politics and culture.

From Salon

“The rosters are the same, but the minutes and who’s getting them have maybe changed a little bit. Our start of the season was more of an aberration than where we’re at now,” Kuntz said.

Today, the Emergency is remembered in India as a brief authoritarian interlude - an aberration.

From BBC

And we need to acknowledge that the current administration is not simply an aberration but reflects past practices from periods in our history with which Americans were once comfortable.

From Salon

Emery was the first coach in Champions League history to lose a first-leg lead of such a margin, an aberration that cast a shadow over his successes in Paris.

From BBC

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