anomalous

Example Sentences

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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

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

But a lesson is also the difficulty of concealing such cheating given the ease of detecting anomalous betting patterns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

“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