anomalies
Americannoun
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“Any time we turn something new on, it’s 100% guaranteed that anomalies or mysteries will pop out.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Alongside small deformation changes and gas anomalies, scientists recorded a weak Jerk signal measuring only 0.1 nm/s3.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026
Under our feet, massive anomalies distort our planet’s magnetic field: Manhattan-size rocks, colossal buried meteorites, chunks of crust that solidified when the poles were flipped.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Artificial intelligence technology has helped radiologists identify anomalies in images that human users have missed.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
In France, Prince Louis-Victor de Broglie, the scion of a ducal family, found that certain anomalies in the behavior of electrons disappeared when one regarded them as waves.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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