aberrant
Example Sentences
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The implication that aberrant personality disorders might not be the exclusive purview of humans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
"This is just an aberrant episode in an otherwise productive life," she said, according to the Reuters news agency.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
Four dynamics are highlighted here: self-excuses, blame-shifting, gaslighting and normalizing aberrant behavior.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2024
He hoped doing so might help him improve treatments for cardiac arrhythmias — aberrant rhythms of the heart — that can prove dangerous and even deadly.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024
A crime is a relatively rare and aberrant event.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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