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as in abnormality
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as in arbitrariness
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Recent Examples of irregularity
After several independent election observers identified irregularities in the vote, Mr. Mondlane spent months arguing the race was stolen, calling on his supporters to take to the streets.
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Tavares Cebola, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
This law has the potential to rationalize China’s energy market and end the prevailing Gordian Knot of market irregularities, enabling holistic economic development and decisive climate action.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
The audits of all four high school foundations, which provided the district with $5 million in funding to support students in the last school year, were spurred by a report circulated by Canyon Crest Academy students alleging financial irregularities within the CCA Foundation.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
Short-seller Hindenburg Research accused the company of accounting irregularities in a detailed report last year.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Tavares Cebola, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
This law has the potential to rationalize China’s energy market and end the prevailing Gordian Knot of market irregularities, enabling holistic economic development and decisive climate action.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
The audits of all four high school foundations, which provided the district with $5 million in funding to support students in the last school year, were spurred by a report circulated by Canyon Crest Academy students alleging financial irregularities within the CCA Foundation.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
Short-seller Hindenburg Research accused the company of accounting irregularities in a detailed report last year.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irregularity
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Other effects, including abnormalities in mitochondria, persisted for the six months that the team studied them.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Pain in this muscle sometimes develops due to underlying structural abnormalities in the spine.1 Whatever the cause, effective treatments can help restore the mobility and function of your arms and back and relieve pain in your latissimus dorsi.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
8 Feb. 2025
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Join 120 others in the comments View Comments The material supplied by CBS showed debatable but normal editing practices, not deliberate distortion.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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Leaders view this attacks as dangerous distortions of facts.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
TIME,
4 Feb. 2025
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Due to these factors, there is a need to prepare for the potential volatility of federal government funding, county officials said.—
Ryan Macasero,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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Some companies are more adept at hedging away risks of currency volatility than others, but even big hedging programs often won’t account for everything.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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As you were informed, the size of the defect after surgery may necessitate additional removal of the healthy eye to close the area properly.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, the battery defect is a major culprit in depressing the value of 2019 I-Paces.—
Eric Bangeman,
Ars Technica,
14 Feb. 2025
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Through flood, earthquake, and subsidence, the Goose was coddled like a pedigree bird at a cost of US$1 million a year until Hughes died in 1976 after years of decline into Las Vegas penthouse seclusion and bizarre eccentricity.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
25 Dec. 2024
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The Parker's dedication to eccentricity runs deep, even down to the bathroom amenities.—
Catherine Garcia,
theweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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Endocrine disruptors interfere with the human reproductive system, leading to genital and reproductive malformations as well as female infertility and a decline in sperm count, according to the Endocrine Society.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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Richard Lapointe, who died at age 74 in 2020, had Dandy-Walker syndrome, a rare congenital brain malformation that his lawyers say was a factor in his false confession.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Claw Toe Claw toe is a deformity marked by toes bending downward into a claw-like position, causing pain and balance issues.28 28.—
Christopher Bergland,
Verywell Health,
17 Jan. 2025
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Although diminutive, this deformity flung the radiopharmaceutical supply chain into disarray last month, leading to the cancellation of thousands of patient appointments.—
Chris Baraniuk,
WIRED,
27 Nov. 2024
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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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In the nineteen-nineties and two-thousands, as the center-left was evolving, the label was most effectively applied to those telegenic figures—Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair, John Edwards—who were suspected of ideological inconstancy and of substituting polls for principles.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2022
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“Irregularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irregularity. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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