irregular

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In response, authorities have stepped up security and introduced tougher legal measures targeting irregular migration networks, deporting thousands of migrants to their home countries.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

A detailed analysis revealed that the molting pattern was irregular rather than orderly.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

The candies themselves looked like tiny, dusty potatoes: irregular little lumps of sweet cream with bits of coconut rolled in cinnamon, dusty and warm-smelling, tucked into a plastic tray.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

But local rights group Foro Penal has documented only 670 releases so far, criticizing the regime’s lack of transparency, irregular pace and arbitrary process.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Only by the most special pleading could I imagine the polynucleotide backbone bending enough to accommodate irregular base sequences.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson