Definition of ANOMALY (original) (raw)

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In approximately 10% of patients, autism can be explained by genetic syndromes and known chromosomal anomalies (most of which have recognizable features in addition to autism) … —Lauren A. Weiss et al., New England Journal of Medicine, 14 Feb. 2008 Eleven minutes may not sound like much when you're waiting for a table at your favorite restaurant, but in the course of centuries, eleven minutes and change become a formidable chunk of time. By the 1300s, those superfluous minutes had added up to hours, then days, then more than a week. The calendar was losing time, irrevocably, to the "real" year, slipping further and further behind in its measurement of the earth's orbit. Anomalies began to creep into what had been the certainties of life. The spring equinox—one of two moments in the year when day and night are of equal length all over the earth, and which occurs on or about March 21—began to fall on March 16, then 15, then 14. —Michelle Stacey, Harper's, December 2006 Californians aren't the only ones vexed by rolling brownouts and other power-supply anomalies. Everyday power spikes, surges, sags, and line noise cause computers, stereo equipment, televisions, telephones, and other delicate electronic equipment to go psychotic or have complete nervous breakdowns. —Fortune, 25 June 2001 This policy may well have made sense back when steroid use was an anomaly. Now that bulking up with chemical help seems to be more popular than ever, it's incumbent on baseball to take action. —Steve Kettman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2000

We couldn't explain the anomalies in the test results. her C grade is an anomaly, as she's never made anything except A's and B's before

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The inadequate staffing at the Reagan airport tower was also hardly an anomaly. —Kaanita Iyer, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025 But the shocking bath the owners of 70 W. Madison took is hardly an anomaly. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025 Among anomalies considered lethal, not all result in pregnancy loss or immediate death at delivery. —Almut Winterstein, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025 The writer-director James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown—a musical biopic that’s seen as conventionally attractive Oscar fare—stands out as the anomaly of the group. —David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for anomaly