How to Use anomaly in a Sentence

anomaly

noun
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  • We couldn't explain the anomalies in the test results.
  • 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
  • The reason they are remembered and other Africans are not is the anomaly that someone bothered to record their names at all.
    — USA Today, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Nearly a decade later, low volatility remains something of a curious market anomaly.
    — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2019
  • But the sources said not taking that person into custody at that time is an anomaly, especially in a homicide investigation.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Prada’s struggle following a childhood cancer diagnosis is not an anomaly.
    — Andrew Adkins, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The scientists decided to light the crater on fire to burn off the methane, creating a Dante-esque anomaly that has remained lit for the past 40-plus years.
    — Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2019
  • While September is less than a week old, this is an unusually wide anomaly, again, likely at least partially enhanced by the neighboring hurricanes.
    — Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Paying attention to these anomalies can also encourage better health management, according to Mishra.
    — Alyssa Hui, Health, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The shooting was not an anomaly in the Bronx of the era.
    — Neal Hirschfeld, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Is this an anomaly, or is this a trend that the sport needs to fix?
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 15 May 2018
  • If Texas were an anomaly that would be the end of the story.
    — Mark N. Templeton, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Whitebark pines are a bit of an anomaly in the tree world.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 July 2021
  • Joyce and Kathy Zheng are a bit of an anomaly in the world of high school badminton.
    — Matt Le Cren, Naperville Sun, 11 May 2018
  • The field of flags’ absence this year may be more of an anomaly than a new norm.
    — Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com, 1 May 2018
  • But Roach's brief hot streak turned out to be an anomaly.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The Japanese prints that adorn the walls seem like an anomaly.
    — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2019
  • The White Mountain Range seems an anomaly when first glimpsed.
    — Paul McHugh, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Just five years ago, Ecuador was an anomaly in a region of chaos.
    — Anna Gordon, Time, 19 Aug. 2023
  • This tranche is going to show again that there's anomalies.
    — Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
  • The flame-haired British songstress has always been something of a pop anomaly.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 June 2018
  • In an age when even high school golfers are bombing it 300 yards off the tee, Daniels is an anomaly.
    — Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 7 June 2017
  • With each passing day, new anomalies have come to light.
    — R Nagaraj, Quartz India, 10 Sep. 2019
  • With race brought back into view, Moore and Trump are not anomalies.
    — Nancy D. Wadsworth, Vox, 30 Apr. 2018
  • By the time Maezawa flies to the moon, the state of human spaceflight may make this flight look like less of an anomaly.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 18 Sep. 2018
  • Happening at Hart High is a sports anomaly for the record books.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The loss to the Raiders looked like an anomaly, but then the Bears took a week off and were humiliated by the Saints.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • But there's more that makes Banyan Tree a bit of an anomaly in this part of Mexico.
    — Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The plot to kidnap and kill a governor may seem like an anomaly.
    — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Ancient highland settlements, such as Machu Picchu in Peru, are considered anomalies given the harshness of life at high elevations, the study noted.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024

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