aberration
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At that speed, relativistic light aberration becomes important.
From Science Daily β Sep. 2, 2026
On Wednesday, Prentice had called his alleged wrongdoing "an aberration" and vowed a thorough and transparent investigation, while insisting it should not be used "to cast aspersions" on other academics from ethnic minority backgrounds.
From Barron's β Aug. 14, 2026
“Creep” is like an aberration — it wasn’t really a Radiohead song.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 8, 2026
His memorandum wasn’t an aberration but standard operating procedure.
From The Wall Street Journal β Apr. 26, 2026
Although the public wanted to see Bobby back at the board, his absence from chess for less than a year was not an aberration.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
But we also want to move away from a cultural view that treats men as the default and women as aberrations, or at least variations on a male norm.
From Slate β Nov. 2, 2026
It was expected these aberrations would cost Lewis a World Cup place, but McDermott kept faith – now is the time to reward that.
From BBC β Oct. 28, 2026
If they detected any aberrations, they’d tweak the machines after the fact.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 5, 2026
The fires, the floods, the cascading disasters, aren’t aberrations we’ll overcome and move past, but rather the conditions under which we now live, she said.
From Los Angeles Times β Jan. 27, 2026
If one filters out banal and impersonal events, most of what’s left are astounding aberrations and coincidences, and one’s mind begins to resemble the headlines of supermarket tabloids.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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