aberration
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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
It is a race to 106 - and the more time elapses, the more chance Infantino can persuade his former allies this was just an aberration.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
“Creep” is like an aberration — it wasn’t really a Radiohead song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
When you have the conversation — after you’ve cooled off — you will know whether this was an aberration or part of a wider pattern of inappropriate behavior.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Zeitoun convinced himself that the previous day had been an aberration, that today would bring a return to reason and procedure.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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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
But despite these aberrations he seemed to be accepted as an islander, simply because he had called Auntie Braxton “Trudy,” a name nobody had used for her since she was a young woman.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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