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as in abnormality
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as in arbitrariness
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Recent Examples of irregularity
In December 2023, Toyota halted production at its compact-car maker Daihatsu after a safety investigation uncovered over 170 irregularities in 64 models that reached as far back as 1989.
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Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 30 Oct. 2024
Musk responded that people who have possible evidence of voter fraud or irregularities should post it to his social media app X for others to either support or debunk.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2024
Because of the decentralized electoral system, an individual state does have the power to delay or subvert the process of appointing electors—perhaps by alleging voting irregularities—even in the event of a clear popular-vote victory for a certain candidate in that state.
—Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
Trump and his supporters, including billionaire Elon Musk, have spread misinformation about election irregularities and fraud in Pennsylvania, despite officials saying their claims have no merit.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 30 Oct. 2024
Musk responded that people who have possible evidence of voter fraud or irregularities should post it to his social media app X for others to either support or debunk.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2024
Because of the decentralized electoral system, an individual state does have the power to delay or subvert the process of appointing electors—perhaps by alleging voting irregularities—even in the event of a clear popular-vote victory for a certain candidate in that state.
—Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
Trump and his supporters, including billionaire Elon Musk, have spread misinformation about election irregularities and fraud in Pennsylvania, despite officials saying their claims have no merit.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irregularity
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Data analytics tools help process this information in real time, flag abnormalities, predict trends and offer actionable insights.Paul Kovalenko, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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As noted above, this can occur with structural abnormalities in your GI tract caused by, for example, surgeries that leave behind scar tissue or diseases that affect the shape of your bowels (like diverticulosis, which creates pouches in the intestinal walls).Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Oct. 2024
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According to the tech brand, the bendy prototype can be safely stretched 10,000 times, even when exposed to extreme temperatures, without any distortion to its display.Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2024
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These distortions mean new housing costs more and takes longer to build, that means less supply, and in a market like Seattle, higher and higher prices.Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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The company continues to face risks and uncertainties due to geopolitical instability and market volatility, which could adversely affect its search for a Business Combination.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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While guiding voters through the incoming results, King referred back to the volatility of the 2020 contest.Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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Fires can be caused by overcharging, overheating, physical damage or product defects, which trigger a process known as thermal runaway — where excessive heat inside a battery creates a self-sustaining chemical reaction that can then easily spread to adjacent batteries.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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However, with the recent severe repercussions of product defects and bugs in popular software, business leaders have begun to realize that adopting new shiny tools may be detrimental to an organization versus accelerating its innovation.Grant Bourzikas, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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To explain these eccentricities, astronomers have proposed the existence of a ninth large planet, with a mass of Mars or bigger, lurking in the dark out there.Michael Irving, New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2024
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Modern movie stars have lost those vocal eccentricities that used to be more common on the big screen in favor of a broadcast-news-style ubiquity.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 July 2024
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The outlet reported that Remley fell ill in June 2022 and was later diagnosed with Chiari malformation.Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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Then there are phthalates, plastic-softening chemicals added to food containers that have been linked to genital malformations in boys and lower sperm counts and testosterone levels in men.Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2024
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Or where using human labor means repetitive stress, deformity and injury, such as in many industrial tasks.Amir Husain, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Without proper management, arthritis can lead to deformities in the joints, making the condition progressively worse.Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 24 Oct. 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 30 Nov. 2024.
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