curious anomaly

collocation in English

meaningsofcuriousandanomaly

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curious
adjective
uk
/ˈkjʊə.ri.əs/us
/ˈkjʊr.i.əs/
interested in learning about people or things ...
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anomaly
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈnɒm.ə.li/us
/əˈnɑː.mə.li/
a person or thing that is different from what is usual, or not in agreement with something else and therefore ...
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(Definition ofcuriousandanomalyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is acuriousanomalyin all this.
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Its use in so ancient a layer of that liturgy is thus acuriousanomaly.
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I say again that we find the same verycuriousanomalybetween different parts of the country.
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Why then, in education, should we have thiscuriousanomalyof a double deduction?
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I hope something will be done to correct thatcuriousanomaly, which breeds a good deal of dissatisfaction.
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There will be thiscuriousanomalywhereby if damage is £1 over the top the maximum sentence of imprisonment rises 20–fold.
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It is acuriousanomalyunder the trade description legislation.
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It seems acuriousanomalyto think that the longer one lives, the less one appears to need money.
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This provision has given rise to acuriousanomaly.
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It is acuriousanomalythat in what is called a free country you should have half a dozen officials who can practically ruin you.
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The third point is that this alteration in penalities for simple larceny, in particlar, involves acuriousanomaly—in fact, it involves a set of anomalies.
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I do not want to delve into the reasons for thiscuriousanomaly.
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It is acuriousanomalyflowing from separate legal systems.
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In a sense, therefore, we are correcting a verycuriousanomaly.
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There is, however, acuriousanomalyin this case.
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The existing law on this matter is a mostcuriousanomaly.
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We have a verycuriousanomalybefore us at the present time.
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This year he has left a rathercuriousanomaly.
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I hope that thiscuriousanomalywill be rectified.
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