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atypical

[ay-tip-i-kuhl] / eɪˈtɪp ɪ kəl /


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The album is loaded with Anthrax trademarks — serrated, crunchy riffs, soaring lead vocals, bludgeoning beats, and scorching guitar — but there are also galactic noise effects, angular song structures and atypical chord configurations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

It isn’t atypical for companies to go to great lengths to recover money from governments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

"CD4 CTLs are an atypical and relatively rare T cell population," Hashimoto says.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

There are two types of absence seizures: typical and atypical.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

So Bobby decided to use an atypical approach—one unusual for Byrne to face and for Bobby to try.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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