anomalous

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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 • Feb. 4, 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

“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 • Oct. 31, 2025

Prof Armstrong said it was "anomalous that we have one single state organisation that is immune from prosecution".

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

So the critical questions are: “What disturbs us? What is dissonant? What seems anomalous? What is contrary to expectation?”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander