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outlier

[aut-lahy-er] / ˈaʊtˌlaɪ ər /


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It was his legs, which makes Allen an outlier at this stage of his career.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

“The L and C program is on an outlier island about a ten-minute boat ride away,” she said.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

"Because even if the particles decay in a largely uniform patten, there will always be outliers, more persistent particles, that will release radionuclides at a later point in time."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Tampa Bay and Milwaukee have been the consistent outliers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

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

Even Harry Kane's six in 2018 and Mbappe's eight in 2022 felt like outliers.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Let me give you one final example of the hidden opportunities that outliers benefit from.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell


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