anomalous
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“We do have some very anomalous objects,” he said, adding that the office, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, hasn’t yet discovered verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 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
Prof Armstrong said it was "anomalous that we have one single state organisation that is immune from prosecution".
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025
Booker T. Washington had praised this anomalous situation when he had visited Durham back in 1910.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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