Meaning & use
Anomalies
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Things, occurrences, or data points that deviate from what is standard, normal, or expected.
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The auditors flagged several anomalies in the company's financial statements.
Astronomers detected gravitational anomalies near the edge of the galaxy.
A note on using this word
Anomalies is the plural of anomaly, from the Greek anomalia, meaning 'unevenness.'
Words with a similar meaning
irregularitiesdeviationsoddities
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Words with an opposite meaning
normsregularities
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