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to change one's course or direction
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Recent Examples of deviating
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Reagan championed free trade while selectively deviating from it, according to the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Occurring more than halfway through the performance, the scene is used to introduce the tragic backstory of the Phantom character at a freak show — a new narrative deviating from the original source material.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Design With Flexibility In Mind Users don’t always behave as expected, often deviating from the ideal path designers envision.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
And while that's true, the show is also its own beast, deviating greatly from King's story by weaving in military intrigue, spycraft, and Native American mythology.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviating
Adjective
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From his own zone, Zadorov made a terrific indirect pass off the end boards behind the Seattle net that Pastrnak collected deep on the right wing.—
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Aim to provide your hoya with at least six hours of indirect sunlight daily to ensure healthy growth and development.—
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Weekly mopping might help to prevent food, dirt, and debris from turning into mold, which could damage your grout.—
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But the momentum in the NFL’s longest-running rivalry seems to be turning, with the Bears beating the Packers for the third time in the past five games.—
Adjective
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The Mighty Ducks star, who has been open about his long and circuitous journey from addiction to sobriety, is among the many fans who grew concerned over a recent video of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide star Tylor Chase.—
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The song may be six minutes long, but the circuitous lope of his acoustic-guitar strum and low throb of his warbling feel eternal, like the type of tune Sisyphus might have hummed to keep himself company.—
Adjective
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Wide-open windows Space loitering, kidney bean paths, gravity assists, hyperbolic orbits and wide-open windows — enter the world of Jeffrey Parker, Chief Technology Officer at Advanced Space in Westminster, Colorado, the chief architect behind the ESCAPADE mission's roundabout road trip to Mars.—
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Now, the family is calling on the village to install traffic-calming measures such as speed bumps or a roundabout.—
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In Dakota County, a farmer took away a section of trail on his property because riders were veering off it.—
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But Democratic lawmakers warned that in veering from the rule of law, the administration is potentially greenlighting other countries, such as China or Russia, to do the same.—
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As time passed, Webster found his views diverging from some of his neighbors’ in the Hudson Valley.—
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Emo was diverging into the pop world in every way imaginable.—
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“Deviating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviating. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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