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anomaly

[uh-nom-uh-lee] / əˈnɒm ə li /


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He introduced bills for a clearer medical exception and protection for doctors who intervened in cases where a fatal fetal anomaly risked the mother’s health.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

This anomaly has puzzled cosmologists for two decades.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

"The subsurface anomaly that we're seeing so far is pretty strong," said Peter van Rensch, a climate scientist at Australia's Monash University.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

What happened at USF and Florida A&M isn’t an anomaly.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 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




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