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aberration

[ab-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌæb əˈreɪ ʃən /




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Most media coverage treated this as an unfortunate aberration in what is otherwise settled science.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

This is the question Tottenham's board members will be asking themselves after Tudor's latest aberration: are the players responding to the manager's methods?

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

I happen to have a legacy of former presidents and directors-counsels who have argued before the Supreme Court, so this was not a total aberration.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2025

"Allowing millions of human beings to live -- and die -- victims of hunger is a collective failure, an ethical aberration, a historical sin," Leo said in a speech at the Rome-based UN agricultural agency.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

“It isn’t. But here’s what gets me. So I have most of the team pissed at me right now, like I’m some kind of aberration, like I’ve disturbed their sense of calm.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely




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