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outlier

[aut-lahy-er] / ˈaʊtˌlaɪ ər /


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Questioning it on his race-simulation run late in the session, he was told his tyre wear did appear to be "an outlier" compared to that of Verstappen.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Lest you think my opinion is an outlier, here’s what my predecessor Heather Havrilesky had to say about it when it first aired:

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Zwick: Portillo is a bit of an outlier.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

While California’s costs are an outlier, most states have sought to increase child sex-abuse survivors’ access to the legal system in recent decades, according to Child USA, an advocacy group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Over the course of the chapters ahead, I’m going to introduce you to one kind of outlier after another: to geniuses, business tycoons, rock stars, and software programmers.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

There are some outliers: India, for example, a nation where beef is not generally eaten, serves no Big Macs, so the equivalent is the Chicken Maharajah Mac.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

“I also think you have outliers of the party that sometimes suck all the oxygen out of the room and maybe derail that message.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

The Apple TV show is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which most of humanity has been infected with an alien virus creating a peaceful hive mind, with only 13 outliers immune.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

To say they were the outliers in the Scotland support in those moments would be putting it mildly.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

But as is so often the case with outliers, buried in that setback was a golden opportunity.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell



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