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as in abnormality
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as in arbitrariness
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Recent Examples of irregularity
Menstrual irregularities can also indicate stress, hormonal imbalances, gynecological diseases and infections.
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Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 30 June 2025
Like Nakashima, who created one-off wooden furnishings that embraced all the irregularities of wood, FormaFantasma also allowed the natural materials to be the most prominent feature of these works.
—Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 26 June 2025
Irvin noted officials noticed the irregularity in the water pressure level, leading to the boil order.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
The constitutional court in December annulled that vote, citing irregularities and possible but unproven Russian interference.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 30 June 2025
Like Nakashima, who created one-off wooden furnishings that embraced all the irregularities of wood, FormaFantasma also allowed the natural materials to be the most prominent feature of these works.
—Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 26 June 2025
Irvin noted officials noticed the irregularity in the water pressure level, leading to the boil order.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
The constitutional court in December annulled that vote, citing irregularities and possible but unproven Russian interference.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irregularity
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Advances in next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have enabled cancer research innovations like improvements in minimal residual disease (MRD) identification and the discovery of drugs that target genetic tumor abnormalities.—
Linda De Jesus,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Nonetheless, early ultrasounds flagged multiple concerns: small femurs, club feet and an umbilical vein abnormality.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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Then again, no UN official has ever been condemned for Holocaust distortion and antisemitism by France, Germany, Canada, and both Democratic and Republican US administrations.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
9 July 2025
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If that data is biased, flawed or maliciously manipulated, the models will faithfully reproduce those distortions at scale—often without obvious warning.—
Wendy Chin,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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With every orderly ratchet higher to a record high in the benchmark indexes, affirmed by a breakout in bitcoin as gold sleeps, a steep retreat in market volatility and a collapse in corporate-credit spreads, the investment universe is telling you to relax.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
12 July 2025
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Huang was of course at Nvidia in the beginning, and his enormous wealth exists as evidence of what can happen when early investors or employees stay the proverbial course amid immense share-price volatility.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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This doesn’t help since defects cluster and entire batches quietly go rogue while the QA team nods at those green dashboards.—
Raghu Para,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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As more cars rely on advanced software, addressing defects quickly is essential to protect drivers, passengers and pedestrians, and to maintain trust in automotive safety standards.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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All of these things are seemingly accepted, but Jess’s eccentricity — her metallic blue dress and her earnestness — are, as the title would have it, too much.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
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Where Will Ace Bailey Land? Pre-draft eccentricities aside, Bailey is one of the most athletically gifted players in the draft, as his numbers show.—
Jack Magruder,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Other effects, such as developmental malformations in a fetus and cancer, have also been linked to this surfactant.1312 2.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
4 Mar. 2025
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After a long, eight-year battle, in which the hospital claimed that Maura had a genetic underlying vascular malformation in the brain, jurors sided with the Gallaghers, concluding that Maura's death was preventable.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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The end stage of Charcot foot is known as a rocker-bottom deformity.—
Isabel Casimiro,
Verywell Health,
22 May 2025
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Her son was born with clubfoot deformities – a condition which can affect mobility.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2025
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Europeans, awakened to the danger of American inconstancy, are scrambling to spend trillions more on defense in coming years.—
Adam Rasmi,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Years of naval inconstancy with repair work drove Vigor Industrial—a once vibrant and growing maritime conglomerate—into the welcoming arms of hedge funds, which wasted no time in striping the company of value.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2024
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“Irregularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irregularity. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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