anomalous
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This tiny deviation is known as the "anomalous magnetic moment," or g−2.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
France’s national weather service is investigating anomalous temperature spikes at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, leading to lucrative Polymarket payoffs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Ireland is an anomalous country in several different ways.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Kalshi said its surveillance systems had flagged Kaptur's "near-perfect" and "statistically anomalous" trading wins.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
In 1953, after sinking a series of experimental bores, university geologists agreed that the site was indeed anomalous and attributed the deformed rocks to some ancient, unspecified volcanic action.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing anomalous
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