aberrant
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Let’s stop treating working into your 60s and beyond as aberrant, and start planning for a workforce with 15 or more years of healthy cognition after traditional retirement age.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
The implication that aberrant personality disorders might not be the exclusive purview of humans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
"This is just an aberrant episode in an otherwise productive life," she said, according to the Reuters news agency.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
Again, the answer lies in the collective mindset of reality TV, whose fans are highly tolerant of aberrant behavior and quick to forgive missteps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2025
Naomi and several of the women dressed for dinner, but I put this aberrant behavior down as a sign of approaching old age.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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