This long - term pattern has remained remarkably consistent even over the past
few unusual years.
«This was a highly
unusual year for the global economy, with heightened political uncertainty accompanied by strong financial market performance and accelerating economic growth,» said Craig Wright, senior vice-president and chief economist at RBC Economics Research.
The graphic plainly illustrates
how unusual this year is in a long - term context, and it's not difficult to see why climate scientists believe it is nearly certain to be the warmest year on record.
In a news release, Peter Stott of the climate center described how the odds toward having warm years have been progressively tipped by the buildup of greenhouse gases: «As a result of climate change, what would once have been an
exceptionally unusual year has now become quite normal,» Dr. Stott said.
What is
more unusual this year, however, is that the rankings now raise questions about the long - held dominance of the global vereins in revenue terms.
However, in a
few unusual years, where extreme storms occurred during the critical period after the young are protected by the brood pouch but before they develop protective plumage, large numbers of chicks were killed by weather.
Andrew Freedman at Climate Central and the meteorologists Brian McNoldy (at the Capital Weather Gang) and Ryan Maue for more on just
how unusual this year has been.
Frank: But it's nice to get months and months at a stretch and this is going to be a
slightly unusual year.
Not bad for
an unusual year, but not quite good enough to elevate me to guru status.
This year is a bit of
an unusual year as...
«It's kind of
an unusual year - almost all of the top films have relatively little explicit religious dimensions to them,» said Brent Plate, a writer who teaches religious studies at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.
There might be
an unusual year with five candidates, but usually there are two or three.
It's unusual for lawmakers to release statements on the record to say they are indeed running for re-election, but then again this is something of
an unusual year: Republican Sens. John DeFrancisco, John Bonacic, Kathy Marchione, Bill Larkin and Tom Croci within the several days of each other announced they would not seek re-election ahead of what's expected to be a challenging year for the GOP candidates running up and down the ballot.
Still, there was a sense that this could be
an unusual year, politically speaking in Southold Town, based on my observations at County Legislator Al Krupski's fundraiser Friday night at the Pequash Club in Cutchogue.
It's a long way to November 2017, but the looming presidential election will likely set the stage for
another unusual year in New York politics.
So this is
an unusual year that just got even weirder.
To help define
this unusual year, our team of writers here at Nintendo Inquirer have pooled together to determine the best games of the year, and these are the results!
MC2 STEM High School is
an unusual year - round public school of about 270 students, located in Cleveland, Ohio.
Perhaps 2011 was
an unusual year for school reform only because of the number of school - choice programs enacted, which was significant by any measure, but not because students swarmed to the new programs (Indiana is a notable exception).
At first, district leaders suggested that perhaps 2012 had been
an unusual year for hiring.
Not bad for
an unusual year, but not quite good enough to elevate me to guru status.
Most investors would likely agree that 2014 has been
an unusual year for stock market activity.
2013 was
an unusual year for my 401K.
2008 was
an unusual year for me in this way: it was the first year in my working life that my net worth fell.
The Napa region is well known for its leading wineries, gourmet dining, unique shops, and
unusual year - round events.
1996 was
an unusual year, as I became terribly ill near the end of the year and was unable to eat anything for several months.
2008 was an extreme minimum even though summer 2008 was not
an unusual year in terms of meteorological forcing.
What is
unusual this year is that the hydro season began in mid-January and is expected to continue into August.
The rarity only adds to what was by all accounts
an unusual year.
This has been
an unusual year, there's been so much rain which really affects our business.
And we're not talking about
an unusual year there.
The Huawei P10 and P10 Plus launched at Mobile World Congress in
an unusual year, when Huawei didn't have Samsung to steal its thunder.