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anomaly

[uh-nom-uh-lee] / əˈnɒm ə li /


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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

Put together, January’s healthcare-driven jobs surge now looks more like an anomaly than a turnaround.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Compared to its brethren around the world, Clovis society, with its putative focus on massive, exterminating hunts, would have been an anomaly.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann