abnormal

Example Sentences

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“It’s not super abnormal for this time of year, but it will be warmer for much of the area,” said Bryan Lewis, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Oxnard.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

“The shipping industry needs to prepare for the possibility that Hormuz transits could remain abnormal, not just through the end of May, but for months beyond,” Greg Miller, a senior maritime reporter, wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

After Miller landed a finance internship at a local hospital, he received an abnormal result on a mandatory drug screening that led to a surprising discovery: He had Type 1 diabetes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

And there was certainly nothing abnormal about the airport being crowded with throngs of people still in their pajamas ahead of a 7 a.m. flight.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

She was a longtime colleague of Farmer’s, and she had questions about treating someone with hydrocephalus—an abnormal amount of fluid in the brain’s ventricles, or cavities—caused by a parasite.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French