anomaly
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"Since Margaret Reed Lewis first sketched mitochondrial pearling in 1915, it has largely been dismissed as an anomaly linked to cellular stress," says Landoni.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
But a digital forensics expert told AFP's fact-checkers that the anomaly was the result of a failed text overlay by a news station that had syndicated the official feed.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
His words were an anomaly in the history of presidential rhetoric.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
“The likelihood that the M767A1 fuze malfunctioned is a statistical anomaly that was outside any reasonable probability.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
It was an anomaly: the greatest city north of the Rio Grande, it was also the only city north of the Rio Grande.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing anomaly
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 1
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