outlier
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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
The policy sensitive two-year was an outlier, falling 0.035 percentage point to 4.887% after William’s comments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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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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
Fed officials already consult a range of gauges that exclude outliers, such as a plunge in wireless phone prices or a one-off tariff bump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
We are so caught in the myths of the best and the brightest and the self-made that we think outliers spring naturally from the earth.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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