anomaly

Example Sentences

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Still, the current time period is a relative anomaly.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

“The likelihood that the M767A1 fuze malfunctioned is a statistical anomaly that was outside any reasonable probability.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

In both cases, speculators pounced on a rare and profitable pricing anomaly that can’t last for very long.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

A new study shows that extremely slow shifts of rock deep inside the planet helped produce the gravity anomaly beneath Antarctica.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

Then sprung the anomaly on him—Eskimo legend of a doorway into spirit world—invisible—somewhere near Lookout Ridge, would you believe, where we're heading for, fancy that.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman