as in turned
to change one's course or direction
sailors forced to deviate from their course in order to avoid the storm
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Recent Examples of deviated
Minister of Territorial Administration Emile Zerbo said the dissolution comes after authorities found that the parties had deviated from the guidelines establishing them.
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Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Senior Janiah Barker was out with injury and veteran guard Talaysia Cooper was struggling, so Caldwell deviated from her usual rotation patterns and rode with Pauldo for 36 minutes.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Travis Scott has deviated very little from drab colors on his Air Jordan 1s.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 8 Jan. 2026
And through the years, Marty never deviated.
—Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025
The tanker later deviated course into the Gulf of Oman.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Trump speech often deviated from the topic at hand, and included a call for South Africa to leave the Group of 20.
—Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
However, as that game's story eventually deviated into fan-fiction territory, Age of Imprisonment is considered canon, according to Nintendo.
—PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
Etminan’s editing routine also deviated from his standard practice.
—Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Senior Janiah Barker was out with injury and veteran guard Talaysia Cooper was struggling, so Caldwell deviated from her usual rotation patterns and rode with Pauldo for 36 minutes.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Travis Scott has deviated very little from drab colors on his Air Jordan 1s.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 8 Jan. 2026
And through the years, Marty never deviated.
—Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025
The tanker later deviated course into the Gulf of Oman.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Trump speech often deviated from the topic at hand, and included a call for South Africa to leave the Group of 20.
—Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
However, as that game's story eventually deviated into fan-fiction territory, Age of Imprisonment is considered canon, according to Nintendo.
—PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
Etminan’s editing routine also deviated from his standard practice.
—Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviated
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The only way Seattle could’ve lost this game is if Darnold turned into a pumpkin and threw multiple interceptions.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Around 30 Emirati companies were listed as participants, but none showed up; the exhibition space allocated to EDGE Group — one of Abu Dhabi’s biggest arms makers — was turned into a coffee shop.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Except Fresno State issued a coach’s challenge, claiming Green had swung his arm and hit his defender in the neck.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Latino voters swung rightward in 2024.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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Truck crashes in Philippines; 9 dead MANILA, Philippines -- A truck veered off a downhill mountain road and plunged into a ravine in the central Philippines, killing nine workers on board, investigators said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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His motion veered between expressions of hopelessness and elaborate proposals for prisoner exchanges.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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The addition of Pavlich’s opinion show diverged from the channel’s initial brand as a non-biased news outlet.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2026
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Bonobos are humanity’s closest living genetic relative, so Krupenye and his study co-authors suggest that the ability to pretend and imagine was likely present 6 million to 9 million years ago, when the two species diverged in evolutionary history.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Deviated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviated. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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