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WordBand 8–8.5Toofey picks
outlier
/ˈaʊtˌlaɪə/
noun
A value that lies far away from the others in a set.
- “One country is an outlier, with figures far above the rest.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))