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• n  deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
• n  a person who is unusual
• n  (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)

• His marks in Physics were an anomaly. He had done very well in other subjects.
• Human sacrifice has always been an anomaly in India.
• The Gap campus, which William McDonoughPartners completed in 1997, is an anomaly of a building that looks more beautiful in life than it does in photos, and seems to expand its .

• anomalousness
• unusual person

News & Articles

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• Sonar Reveals Earhart's Wreck?
  A sonar anomaly that researchers suspect might possibly be the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's aircraft is a straight, unbroken feature uncannily consistent with the fuselage of a Lockheed Electra, new analysis of the sonar imagery captured off a remote Pacific island has revealed.
  June 17, 2013 - Fox News
• New clue on Earhart plane
  A sonar anomaly that researchers suspect might possibly be the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's aircraft is a straight, unbroken feature uncannily consistent with the fuselage of a Lockheed Electra, new analysis of the sonar imagery captured off a remote Pacific island has revealed.
  June 17, 2013 - MSN
• Earhart's plane? New sonar imagery analysis raises hopes
  By Rossella LorenziDiscovery NewsA sonar anomaly that researchers suspect might possibly be the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's aircraft is a straight, unbroken feature uncannily consistent with the fuselage of a Lockheed Electra, new analysis of the sonar imagery captured off a remote Pacific island has revealed.Examined by Oceanic Imaging Consultants, Inc. (OIC) of Honolulu, Hawaii, the new data ...
  June 17, 2013 - NBC NEWS

Quotes

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• Robert Gates in The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he considers the incident that forced the ouster of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as "an anomaly, not a systemic problem" in the US military establishment.
• Greg Norman in ESPN
  You know, I know they probably should've known the weather conditions were going to come in,said Norman. "I've been in this situation before, where we had to halt play. It's not an anomaly. It's just one of those things where we'll go...
• Meg Whitman in Los Angeles Times
  Asked what she learned from the incident, Whitman said: "You always have to act professionally, right? And you just have to be thoughtful about your interactions. It was an anomaly. It's one of those things that happens in business. I've been in...