as in perverts
a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard
a sleazy bar that seemed to be an informal clubhouse for deviates
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Recent Examples of deviates
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
That precedent deviates from the Fed major mandates and today is actually dangerous.
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Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
The same fate likely awaits any presidential candidate who deviates from their line.
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Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
Now, Hilton rarely deviates from her signature look, of which long, perfectly curled or waved blonde hair is a key element.
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Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
18 May 2026
However, the uptick in flights observed off the Cuban coast is new and deviates from where these aircraft have historically been deployed.
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Avery Schmitz,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
Piker’s endorsement of Mills deviates from other progressives who have thrown their support behind Platner.
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Sydney Topf,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2026
But then the dream deviates, and takes me to the set of Gilligan’s Island, where Bob Denver, who originally played the part of Gilligan, has been replaced by a bearded intellectual who looks like Karl Marx combined with Cesar Romero, who played the Joker on the original Batman TV show.
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Literary Hub,
17 Mar. 2026
The director's take deviates from Shelley's in its emphasis on forgiveness.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
Extra padding on the tongue and collar blow up the proportions of the silhouette, while a suede, mesh and leather upper deviates from the typical leather build.
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Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
That precedent deviates from the Fed major mandates and today is actually dangerous.
—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
The same fate likely awaits any presidential candidate who deviates from their line.
—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
Now, Hilton rarely deviates from her signature look, of which long, perfectly curled or waved blonde hair is a key element.
—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
18 May 2026
However, the uptick in flights observed off the Cuban coast is new and deviates from where these aircraft have historically been deployed.
—
Avery Schmitz,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
Piker’s endorsement of Mills deviates from other progressives who have thrown their support behind Platner.
—
Sydney Topf,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2026
But then the dream deviates, and takes me to the set of Gilligan’s Island, where Bob Denver, who originally played the part of Gilligan, has been replaced by a bearded intellectual who looks like Karl Marx combined with Cesar Romero, who played the Joker on the original Batman TV show.
—
Literary Hub,
17 Mar. 2026
The director's take deviates from Shelley's in its emphasis on forgiveness.
—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviates
Noun
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Nora Ephron for depressed perverts.
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Also, what many now interpret as Kubrick’s exposé of elite perverts was, in fact, mostly Schnitzler’s doing.
Verb
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Erratic sounds escape her—her body turns inside out, fingers extending and touching nothing.
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Hallowed Halls turns your home into a stately Victorian manor, complete with spooky portraits, eerie black-and-gold decor, and even a few séance essentials.
Noun
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The product exploded, generating trillions and minting a new class of crypto degenerates who were willing to take massive risks that, occasionally, resulted in millions.
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In all vertebrates, the thymus degenerates very rapidly with age.
Verb
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Check out this 1997 live TV version of Paranoid Android, which veers from lullaby to apocalypse within the space of a few minutes.
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But Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed almost immediately veers off into wild subplots about murder, corruption, and corporate malfeasance, as if to emphasize that low-level romance scams are just the tip of the internet’s fetid iceberg.
Verb
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Smarter, Not Larger The conversation around AI often swings between extremes.
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Toward the beginning of the episode, the group sits down to eat at a hole-in-the-wall barbecue spot and the camera swings around the table in a sweeping circular motion, capturing everyone laughing, bonding and sharing a meal.
Verb
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Use social listening and qualitative research to surface where reality diverges from the model.
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There’s a specific moment in the story where Kaplan diverges and Teddy and the audience stay together.
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“Deviates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviates. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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