as in departures
a turning away from a course or standard
a memoir that was discovered to contain numerous deviations from fact
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Recent Examples of deviations
This followed a dizzying number of deviations by Greene from the party line, dating back to early summer—foremost were her very public calls for the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.
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Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.
—Amanda Luberto, AZCentral.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Their main limitation is the uncertainty in how mass is distributed inside lensing galaxies; even small deviations can shift the final numbers.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2025
Such measures may look rudimentary, but even small deviations in a drone’s trajectory can be the difference between a dent and a catastrophic fire.
—Tatiana Mitrova, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2025
To account for industry deviations, companies were evaluated based on their performance relative to the average within their respective industry.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Detecting deviations from the routine, the stereotypical, was a forte for AI.
—Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
This allows quality deviations to be found more quickly, which is intended to lead to less recalls down the line when products are already in customer hands, among other things.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
The parents draw us into their earnest struggle to repress their horror at their children’s deviations from religious norms.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviations
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The departures of Mizell and Hawkins left Montgomery as a player would could stretch the field.—
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This stat is calculated by comparing each state’s one-way arrivals that originated in other states with its one-way departures that were destined for other states, using data from more than 24,000 rental locations.—
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Those detours foreshadowed Paris, where the styling again backs away from surface-level pink and redistributes it to the interior.—
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Drivers accustomed to taking the freeway to zip north and south through the Treasure Valley will have to follow detours to Star and Linder roads.—
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Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 prompted unified Western sanctions, massive military aid, and rhetorical solidarity, but by late 2025, strategic divergences had widened amid battlefield stalemates, economic fatigue, and diplomatic initiatives.—
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But the plot is simultaneously excessive and elementary, laden with unnecessary and uninspired divergences.—
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Before joining the Jets, Cisco had logged eight interceptions, 24 pass deflections and 229 tackles during his NFL career, according to Pro Football Stats research.—
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Riley Moss had four pass deflections in his hardest matchup of the season, and was integral to Denver’s win, even if Shannon Sharpe feels otherwise.—
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“Deviations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviations. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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