outlier

So many states had repealed so many firearm regulations that the District of Columbia’s stringent handgun ban looked like a true outlier.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

"Britain is an international outlier in how reliant our system is on blunt cash payments," said Joe Shalam, policy director at the think tank.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

The debate comes as UC increasingly stands as a national outlier in its refusal to consider SAT and ACT scores.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Justice Brett Kavanaugh was the outlier in the decision, agreeing with the court’s judgment but disagreeing with its justification.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

The fourth member of the group, Don Snedeker, was also, in his own way, an outlier.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

“I also think you have outliers of the party that sometimes suck all the oxygen out of the room and maybe derail that message.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

The Apple TV show is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which most of humanity has been infected with an alien virus creating a peaceful hive mind, with only 13 outliers immune.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

Fed officials already consult a range of gauges that exclude outliers, such as a plunge in wireless phone prices or a one-off tariff bump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

There are a few real outliers on xPTS, the most notable being Sunderland, who would have been relegated had they earned the amount of points they 'should' have done, according to the data.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

We are so caught in the myths of the best and the brightest and the self-made that we think outliers spring naturally from the earth.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell