Several types of exotic baryons that require physics beyond the Standard Model have been conjectured in order to explain specific experimental anomalies.

The mythological origins of this beast may have originated to explain anomalies of geological events such as volcanic eruptions.

Will the film-makers bother to explain such anomalies at all, or are we firmly ensconced in Highlander territory?

It would explain anomalies," Belazir said, chasing the elements that made him believe the impossible "And - ah!

In historical linguistics however we seek patterns to explain anomalies and tend only to speak of "irregular verbs" when these patterns cannot be found.

And it can help explain seeming anomalies.

It attempted to explain apparent anomalies in the distribution of land and water on the Earth's surface:

Until then, the laws of human heredity had been unable to explain Trisomy 21 and other anomalies in hereditary material.

Similar processes would explain anomalies such as the existence of closely related species in widely separated locations.

To many network executives, the Iraq explanation was typical of the way Nielsen has grabbed at culture change to try to explain statistical anomalies.