outlier
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While the U.S. has become more expensive relative to every other significant economy, Japan is the real cost-of-living outlier.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Liberland isn't an outlier - it's one of several prototypes of such micronations, areas claimed as independent nations but not legally recognised as such.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Justice Brett Kavanaugh was the outlier in the decision, agreeing with the court’s judgment but disagreeing with its justification.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
But that decision now appears to be an outlier, not a harbinger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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
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“Barring a miracle, the 2020s will prove to be what their ominous opening foreshadowed: a lost decade-not just for a couple of outliers, but for dozens of developing economies,” Gill said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Shooting in New York is a very interesting experience because you have all these outliers just watching and gawking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
There are a few real outliers on xPTS, the most notable being Sunderland, who would have been relegated had they earned the amount of points they 'should' have done, according to the data.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Warsh has said he prefers alternative inflation measures like trimmed mean and median PCE, which strip out outliers and tend to run cooler than the headline figures.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
They were now on level ground, and the road after much winding lay straight ahead through grass-land sprinkled with tall trees, outliers of the approaching woods.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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