anomalous
Example Sentences
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It is becoming more common in some places to see mingling between men and women who aren’t relatives, socializing that was anomalous a decade ago.
Properties in southern and southeastern states will also have bigger losses because “the low temperatures there were more anomalous and properties are generally less prepared for these low temperatures.”
From Barron's
Ms Sánchez said the blackout was caused by a combination of issues, including an "unknown event" in the system moments before, which saw anomalous voltage oscillations.
From BBC
But a lesson is also the difficulty of concealing such cheating given the ease of detecting anomalous betting patterns.
“It’s completely unprecedented, completely anomalous — representative, I think, of a major transformation of our normal political life,” said Jack Rakove, a Stanford University emeritus professor of history and political science.
From Los Angeles Times
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