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The district said that the civil grand jury’s 80 interviews were unrepresentative of the district’s community, limited in scope and heavily concentrated on two of the district’s 41 schools.
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Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
Iowa’s winter blast could make an unrepresentative way of picking presidential nominees worse
CT DOT has 5,546 bridges to inspect every two years.
—Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
Similarly, as Clauser and others had realized, if Alice and Bob detected an unrepresentative sample of particles—like a survey that contacted only right-handed people—their experiments could reach the wrong conclusions.
—Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2022
Magnet schools pull a different – but also racially unrepresentative – slice of public school students.
—Talisa Treviño, ABC News, 17 May 2024
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Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
Iowa’s winter blast could make an unrepresentative way of picking presidential nominees worse
CT DOT has 5,546 bridges to inspect every two years.
—Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
Similarly, as Clauser and others had realized, if Alice and Bob detected an unrepresentative sample of particles—like a survey that contacted only right-handed people—their experiments could reach the wrong conclusions.
—Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2022
Magnet schools pull a different – but also racially unrepresentative – slice of public school students.
—Talisa Treviño, ABC News, 17 May 2024
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Physicists debated for decades (opens a new tab) whether this bizarre superfluid-solid hybrid could exist.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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When her favorite author from childhood reemerges with a new book and a chance to win the only existing copy, Lucy sets out to win this bizarre competition filled with riddles and games.The Courier-Journal, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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These social commentary songs were strange; some had the N-word in it.Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
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Seven miles south of Cincinnati, stranger still, the world’s only museum dedicated to ventriloquism.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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John Tanton grew up as an all-American farm boy in an almost mythologically quaint version of America.Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
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The area is home to auto plants, former industrial sites, quaint downtown corridors and strip malls.Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 13 Oct. 2024
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Democratic pundits were quick to assert that the results were anomalous, but post-election analyses showed that the shift was widespread.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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This time around, with more money on the line and election denialism already in the air, a contested election could result in even more anomalous election odds after the polls close.Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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The decrease is attributed to the non-recurrence of prior year abnormal backlog deliveries and lower total demand.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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Treatments for abnormal ferritin levels may include eating iron-rich foods like lean salmon, leafy green vegetables, and beans.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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At the dinner there were wooden boxes filled with cigarettes and a menu that featured McCormack’s quirky illustrations of a barefoot, Wife of Bath-style character riding a donkey — and smoking a cigarette.Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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Throughout the hour-long spectacle, Slate — clad in tuxedo shorts and a bow tie — once again proves that no one does quirky like her.Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Everyone else was washed out by a solid but not remarkable Bucs offensive line.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Bowers actually led the NFL in receptions through the first eight weeks of the season, which is a remarkable feat for any tight end, let alone a rookie.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Currently, access to the Danube from the channels of the wetlands is impossible due to unusually low water levels, which is atypical for this time of year when the waters are normally at their highest in spring.PhotoVogue, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
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The glowing, otherworldly look is complemented by an atypical approach to gore that was inspired by a DIY toy Siegel saw in a toddler’s play place.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Unrepresentative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrepresentative. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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