anomaly
Example Sentences
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But the contrast is so stark it has created an anomaly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
His words were an anomaly in the history of presidential rhetoric.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
Still, the current time period is a relative anomaly.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 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
One person seemed to have shown slight improvement, coming across on the graph as an anomaly, an expert multitasker.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Vocabulary lists containing anomaly
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 1
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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Wonder
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