anomalous

Example Sentences

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It is becoming more common in some places to see mingling between men and women who aren’t relatives, socializing that was anomalous a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Properties in southern and southeastern states will also have bigger losses because “the low temperatures there were more anomalous and properties are generally less prepared for these low temperatures.”

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

“It’s completely unprecedented, completely anomalous — representative, I think, of a major transformation of our normal political life,” said Jack Rakove, a Stanford University emeritus professor of history and political science.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

“Those who may have been holding out hope that some of this was anomalous and this recklessness was temporary, I think now deeply understand what’s at stake,” he said.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025

This alone makes it extremely anomalous; it means that our planetary system consists of four rocky inner planets, four gassy outer giants, and a tiny, solitary iceball.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson