anomaly
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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
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