irregularity
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The work also may help explain why irregularity is so common in natural systems, including neural, biological and ecological networks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Patterson's lawyers are now arguing the hotel mix-up amounted to a "fundamental irregularity" which "fatally undermined" the integrity of the verdicts.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Tam said Odora’s spadix was a developmental irregularity, but emphasized the plant remains healthy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
"The examination of the documents confirmed doubts about the irregularity of the flag being flown," the prefecture said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
So terrified was I that some irregularity would interfere with enlistment—some unforeseen objection—I perhaps answered with too great an exactitude, too punctilious a range of detail—desperate for approbation.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
But faith in the system has been shaken by repeated allegations of question-paper leaks and other irregularities.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The children say the term sheet wasn’t binding, alleging irregularities in due diligence and the need to name additional parties to the settlement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
“The transaction was subject to a full investigation conducted by an outside law firm on behalf of insurance regulators from multiple states,” the statement said, “which identified no irregularities and resulted in no further action.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
He also announced an investigation into recruitment exams held since 2014 - it's not clear yet what would happen to candidates who cleared those exams if the investigation does find any irregularities.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
As to which came first, the malignancy or the disturbance of the chromosomes, these workers say without hesitation that “the chromosomal irregularities precede the malignancy.”
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
