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Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin began with what laboratory anomaly?

anomaly

[uh-nom-uh-lee] / əˈnɒm ə li /


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The 24-year-old is still learning how to manage the anomaly, which allows her to continue running when one of the tendons is torn but may also make her more susceptible to breakdowns.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

That phase is starting to look like a historical anomaly.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

So she just is an anomaly, and there’s no more questions around it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

They found that this contribution was equivalent to only 9% of the observed snowfall anomaly.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Wouldn't it be strange if they'd come through my anomaly, from some other world?

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

Yet defensive AI can spot anomalies, trick and defeat AI hackers, and report threats at speeds humans cannot match.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

But there are always anomalies in even would-be wave years, and voters might think the Senate candidate is his brother is the stuff from which anomalies are made.

From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026

Latest forecasts from the Met Office suggest that these temperature anomalies could exceed 3C later this year as El Niño nears its peak.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

If the model detects anomalies in new raw materials, for instance, it will suggest small adjustments, like tweaking the amount of oil or water going into the recipe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Similarly, Wilhelm Friedrich Bessel predicted the existence of Neptune on the basis of anomalies in the orbit of Uranus.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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