anomaly

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Still, the current time period is a relative anomaly.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Love is something audiences have been feeling in recent years for faith-inspired programs, which keeps this three-week event from feeling like a television anomaly.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Between about 50 and 30 million years ago, however, the anomaly began to grow stronger.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

Prior research — notably a study entitled “Losing Sleep at the Market” — covered the period through 1997 and confirmed the existence of this daylight-saving anomaly.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

And yet the square was now attracting a trickle of visitors who seemed to find the anomaly most intriguing.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling