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Recent Examples of deviance
Many immigrant communities either ignore mental health challenges or see symptoms as evidence of spiritual deviance.
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
This shift undermines the association of cannabis with criminality or deviance.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
Jeffrey’s confrontation of the deeply disturbing underbelly of his seemingly quintessential hometown, with its idyllic exterior glorifying the American Dream, mirrors the tension between repression and indulgence, normalcy and deviance.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
This shift undermines the association of cannabis with criminality or deviance.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
Jeffrey’s confrontation of the deeply disturbing underbelly of his seemingly quintessential hometown, with its idyllic exterior glorifying the American Dream, mirrors the tension between repression and indulgence, normalcy and deviance.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviance
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But now, there are early signs of a postcrisis divergence in fortunes between the two cities.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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The divergence came as first-quarter earnings revealed a bottleneck in memory chips along with progress among the hyperscalers in developing their own in-house chip systems, such as Alphabet's TPUs and Amazon's Trainium chips.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
6 May 2026
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However, discrepancy is understandable due to the carcass coming ashore deflated, like a big creepy balloon with the air let out.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
6 May 2026
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The suggestion of a discrepancy is an insult, says the former soldier, who served in India’s brief 1999 war with neighbor and arch-rival Pakistan.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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The directive repealed federal guidance that schools work to avoid racial disparities in school punishments.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Perhaps the fact that Reaves was that good and LeBron James had 23 points, six assists and three steals and the Lakers still lost by 18 is the best demonstration of the disparity between these teams.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
9 May 2026
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Their results support the hypothesis that limiting trait similarity allows the establishment of non-native parakeets at the local scale by reducing competition with native species due to trait dissimilarity.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Each chapter is a head-spinning exercise in dissimilarity.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
14 Apr. 2026
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San Francisco and New York City are leading office demand, as AI tech employment rises quickly in the former and diversity of employment fuels the latter.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Federal Communications Commission is seeking early renewal for all eight station licenses owned by ABC related to the broadcaster’s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Apr. 2026
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In stark contrast to the teenage social scene once synonymous with malls, many of Lincolnwood’s shoppers seemed to come there alone, making beelines for the still-open Old Navy or Victoria Secret without ever removing their headphones.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Inside, the metal drive-mode knob is treated to a red anodized finish, which also informs the color of the contrast stitching, seatbelts, headrest embroidery, and piping.—
Bradley Iger,
Robb Report,
8 May 2026
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In practice, though, designing a policy that acts wisely on this difference is all but impossible.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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For Edison, junior Hayden Pham was a difference-maker throughout the match.—
Dan Rios,
Daily News,
10 May 2026
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Stacking is the key to McCarthy's lunar imagery, enabling him to turn the subtle variations of color in an image of the moon into the rich browns and blues seen in his edits.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
9 May 2026
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My recipe is a variation on the original given to me by dear friend, the late, great Irene Jakubowski, who lived much of her life in Valparaiso before retiring to Monticello and her death in 2008.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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“Deviance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviance. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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