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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

Some outlier cases of CEO security budgets are also cited here: Blackstone’s $12.6 million to protect Stephen Schwarzman, and Alphabet’s $8.8 million for Sundar Pichai.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Zwick: Portillo is a bit of an outlier.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Generally speaking, Wimmer was considered among the more con-servative legislators, but not a total outlier.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

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

While some elaborate “living room” setups are evident, they are outliers, as many beachgoers simply use canopies to cover beach chairs, coolers and supplies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 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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