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anomaly

[uh-nom-uh-lee] / əˈnɒm ə li /


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The dashboard also aggregates forecasts that put El Nino on course to peak at a 3.9C anomaly this November -- well above the 3C anomaly detected in the 2015 El Nino.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

But for a prominent middle power on the global stage, Pakistan remains something of an anomaly.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Then again, the cycle identified by Kaeppel is hardly the only calendar-based anomaly to be identified by market researchers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Coming from the world of young-adult fiction — where she notes stories of queer joy are abundant — Oseman recalls being surprised that “Heartstopper” was treated as an anomaly in mainstream media.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The following sports anomaly has legal implications as well.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Latest forecasts from the Met Office suggest that these temperature anomalies could exceed 3C later this year as El Niño nears its peak.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The fake party invite did not lead to the official website for a start, and there were anomalies like an extra “s.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

"There must be a lot of hot material near the surface to generate so many thermal anomalies," said Simon Carn, a volcanologist at Michigan Tech.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

Acquisitions, restructurings and resolutions of multiyear tax audits can cause anomalies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

In France, Prince Louis-Victor de Broglie, the scion of a ducal family, found that certain anomalies in the behavior of electrons disappeared when one regarded them as waves.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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