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Recent Examples of deviance
The Righteous Gemstones follows an infamous televangelist family with a history of charitable contributions coupled with deviance and greed.
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
This dynamic also highlights the role of the audience in constructing the idea of deviance.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
For thousands of years, mental illness could only be explained by supernatural forces or moral deviance.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This distortion reduces bisexuality to a plot device or sign of deviance, reinforcing societal biases.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
This dynamic also highlights the role of the audience in constructing the idea of deviance.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
For thousands of years, mental illness could only be explained by supernatural forces or moral deviance.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This distortion reduces bisexuality to a plot device or sign of deviance, reinforcing societal biases.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviance
Noun
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Exacerbating the divergence in personal taste, cultural references and shared language between Gen-Z men and women.—
Kian Bakhtiari,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The divergence in sentiment comes down to uncertainty.—
Ian Mount,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
Noun
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And so the reaction to the news that Bernardo is not just staying, but being made captain, shows there is still a discrepancy between what some City fans want and how Guardiola intends to move things forward.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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And then there’s the immune response discrepancy between the sexes that requires further investigation.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 June 2025
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This is the largest spending disparity the Chanticleers have faced in the tournament thus far.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
21 June 2025
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Please, prospective parents out there, let the vast disparity of potential inspirations serve as warning enough to choose a different moniker.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
19 June 2025
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In fact, some dissimilarity between Mojtaba and his father is a plus.—
Akbar Ganji,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Feb. 2025
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Whether consumers are confused by the similarity (or dissimilarity) of the two designs goes to the heart of the dispute.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 July 2024
Noun
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Population diversity continues to spread beyond Mecklenburg County, specifically within the Hispanic community in the suburbs, new census estimates show.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2025
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Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard effectively ends affirmative action in college admissions, threatening workplace diversity efforts.—
Sonari Glinton,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
Noun
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In contrast, the Stern policy calls for net zero emissions to occur around 2045.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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In contrast, frequent but shallow irrigation leads to shallow root growth and lawns that are more susceptible to drought stress.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
18 June 2025
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But the difference between Ford’s high-end and low-end truck models, for instance, illustrates why focusing on expensive vehicles with lower volume makes more sense than the opposite.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
27 June 2025
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Real Madrid then did its part to help Al Hilal by beating Salzburg 3-0 in a downpour in Philadelphia, with Vinicius Junior, Federico Valverde and Gonzalo García’s goals the difference in the simultaneous group finale.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Different variations of BTs stalk the wilderness, requiring adaptability to overcome.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2025
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In addition to the color requirement, the statute denied the drawback when the price variation between the two wines exceeded 50%.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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“Deviance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviance. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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