anomaly

Example Sentences

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Still, the current time period is a relative anomaly.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

That’s an anomaly for closed-end funds such as VCX, which typically trade at a discount to NAV on the stock market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

Navy helicopters, which can land on the warships and hover just above the waves, scan surrounding waters using equipment including magnetic anomaly detectors that sense metal below.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

He had started with one anomaly, the floating chip of ebony, and discovered another, the floating needle; as a consequence he had done his best to make sense of surface tension.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton