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anomaly

[uh-nom-uh-lee] / əˈnɒm ə li /


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He introduced bills for a clearer medical exception and protection for doctors who intervened in cases where a fatal fetal anomaly risked the mother’s health.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

This anomaly has puzzled cosmologists for two decades.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

And that alignment exists because of an anomaly in business history: there was no financial incentive for Bogle to create the company in the first place!

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

"The subsurface anomaly that we're seeing so far is pretty strong," said Peter van Rensch, a climate scientist at Australia's Monash University.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

So it was perhaps understandable that during Dr. Muller’s house calls we failed to mention the troubling anomaly of Lefty’s multiple strokes.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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