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anomaly

noun as in deviation from normal, usual

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After 24 weeks, an abortion is only possible in very limited circumstances, such as to save the life of the mother or if there is a fatal anomaly with the foetus.

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But why has Australia remained the anomaly - and is there anything Root can do differently to conquer his final frontier?

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He told the BBC the way in which the preliminary report was framed was biased because it "appears to suggest pilot error, without disclosing all the technical anomalies that occurred during the flight".

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Its head Alun Jones said regulation has not kept up, creating "loopholes and anomalies", while one GP likened the current situation to a "free-for-all".

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Nostalgia blinds us to the fact that what looked healthy and sustainable was really a historical anomaly.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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