anomalies

[uh-nom-uh-leez] / əˈnɒm ə liz /

NOUN

deviation from normal, usual

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aberration abnormality deviation inconsistency irregularity oddity rarity

STRONG

departure eccentricity exception incongruity peculiarity unorthodoxy

WEAK

unconformity

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conformity normality regularity sameness standard

STRONG

usualness

WEAK

usual

Example Sentences

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But these projects depend on the New Glenn rocket, and with its explosion coming shortly after a malfunction causing a satellite mission failure last month, the anomalies could disrupt NASA's tight mission schedule.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

"Big banks use this kind of approach to spot anomalies in accounts."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Ramp uses artificial intelligence to automate finance tasks and has aggressively rolled out AI tools, including agents that scan transactions for anomalies and detect AI-generated fakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

As part of the ScanPyramids project, the research team closely examined the eastern facade and detected two anomalies behind the polished surface.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

These, detached in our minds from all the rest, we take to be unnatural events, anomalies, outrages.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas