anomalous

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Kalshi said its surveillance systems had flagged Kaptur's "near-perfect" and "statistically anomalous" trading wins.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

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

It’s true that commodities on the whole did poorly from 2023 to 2024, but Emanuel calls that anomalous period a temporary “dip” that is now reversing.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 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

He told me of some narwhal-ivory carvings he'd found on a previous dig—carbon 14-dated to some incredible age, way outside the range of what was previously assumed; anomalous, in fact.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman