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WordBand 7.5–8.5Toofey picks
anomaly
/əˈnɒməli/
noun
Something that does not fit the normal pattern.
- “The sudden drop in 2010 is an anomaly in the data.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))