anomalous
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This tiny deviation is known as the "anomalous magnetic moment," or g−2.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Another file summarizes statements from seven federal government employees who separately reported "several unidentified anomalous phenomena" in the United States in 2023.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Ireland is an anomalous country in several different ways.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
What is equally anomalous is that the Nixon-Kissinger conversation wasn’t about a story Mr. Hersh had broken—he has broken many—but one that he simply knew had more layers than were being exposed by other journalists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
In 1953, after sinking a series of experimental bores, university geologists agreed that the site was indeed anomalous and attributed the deformed rocks to some ancient, unspecified volcanic action.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing anomalous
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