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aberration

[ab-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌæb əˈreɪ ʃən /




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His memorandum wasn’t an aberration but standard operating procedure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

It’s tempting to see these developments as a victory, as the rule of law slowly reasserting itself over a deadly aberration in America’s social contract.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2026

"When I look at Bunny, I don't see an aberration," he says.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

"Allowing millions of human beings to live -- and die -- victims of hunger is a collective failure, an ethical aberration, a historical sin," Leo said in a speech at the Rome-based UN agricultural agency.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

We are cultural animals and it is the richness of our culture which allows us to accept our undoubted potentiality for violence but to believe nevertheless that its expression is a cultural aberration.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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