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

In both cases, speculators pounced on a rare and profitable pricing anomaly that can’t last for very long.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

A new study shows that extremely slow shifts of rock deep inside the planet helped produce the gravity anomaly beneath Antarctica.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

One person seemed to have shown slight improvement, coming across on the graph as an anomaly, an expert multitasker.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel