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aberration

[ab-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌæb əˈreɪ ʃən /




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Wide receiver Davante Adams proved with his 195-yard, two-touchdown performance against the New York Giants that the Rams’ Week 1 loss was an aberration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

In principle, these materials might even take advantage of the aberration effects described in the study.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

On Wednesday, Prentice had called his alleged wrongdoing "an aberration" and vowed a thorough and transparent investigation, while insisting it should not be used "to cast aspersions" on other academics from ethnic minority backgrounds.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

This is the question Tottenham's board members will be asking themselves after Tudor's latest aberration: are the players responding to the manager's methods?

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

“It isn’t. But here’s what gets me. So I have most of the team pissed at me right now, like I’m some kind of aberration, like I’ve disturbed their sense of calm.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

If they detected any aberrations, they’d tweak the machines after the fact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The fires, the floods, the cascading disasters, aren’t aberrations we’ll overcome and move past, but rather the conditions under which we now live, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

"Studies suggest these aberrations in the vortex are happening more often in a warming world, which favors more frequent winter extremes," said Francis.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

And mind you, those guys on my road are anything but aberrations.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025

It was one of those baffling aberrations in Ammu’s taste, a cloud of stiff yellow lace with tiny silver sequins and a bow on each shoulder.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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