deviance

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Recent Examples of deviance This shift undermines the association of cannabis with criminality or deviance. Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025 But this doesn’t erase their gender deviance, merely complicates it. Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 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 The Righteous Gemstones follows an infamous televangelist family with a history of charitable contributions coupled with deviance and greed. Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deviance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviance
Noun
  • That divergence is also becoming evident in sentiment surveys.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • According to Lewris, the summer data shows that there is still a divergence between sellers and buyers, even as the latter are gaining leverage over the first.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The discrepancies are more about differences in the maturity of markets than in culture.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The discrepancy can extend beyond the acquisition of players, as free-spending clubs like the Dodgers and Yankees also allocate resources towards research and technology.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And, of course, vice versa, reinforcing the disparity for those in peripheral locations.
    Sarah Maokosy, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Why the disparity in box office results between the social media heavyweights?
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The researchers found a small increase in occupational dissimilarity compared to older graduates, which could reflect early AI effects but also could just as easily be attributed to labor market trends, including employers’ and job-seekers’ reactions to noise about AI replacing workers.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But the primary dissimilarity from the remainder of the homestand is not the loss but rather the four runs.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • There are obstacles to the creation of a drone wall, namely its financing, management — given its cross-border nature and the diversity of airspace security laws — as well as issues to do with technical integration, according to Miriam McNabb, editor in chief of the online Dronelife publication.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Miami Takes the Top Spot Miami, Florida, ranked as the number one city for food lovers, excelling in both affordability and food diversity.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As for her glam, Strogoff wore her bright blonde hair in loose mermaid waves and darkened her eyebrows to a near black for a bold contrast.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Neutral heels, by contrast, are having their own moment.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But at least some of his teammates notice a difference in Guerrero when the opponent is New York.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The sherry needs to be manzanilla or fino, which is a difference in kind to the more oxidative types of sherry, like Amontillado, Oloroso, Palo Cortado, or the very sweet Pedro Ximénez.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ukrainian experts claimed the device was a variation on an older model RS26, and showed me what looked like ageing valves in its circuitry at a storage facility in Kyiv.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Photos show the color variation between males and females of the new species.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Deviance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviance. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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