outlier
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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
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"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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