deviating 1 of 2

present participle of deviate
as in turning
to change one's course or direction sailors forced to deviate from their course in order to avoid the storm

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deviating

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adjective

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Verb
  • Part sports-underdog biopic, part domestic-abuse-survivor’s tale, and a textbook example of why turning a true story into tony entertainment is a real tightrope walk, this drama has extremely recognizable beats.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The other two possessions ended in a Jenkins interception and FIU turning the ball over on downs.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Hawaii will continue to feel indirect impacts today from moist air Kiko brought into the area and a weak wind field left in its wake, the National Weather Service said.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This indirect pollution makes up about 80-90% of an insurance company's total climate risk exposure, far more than the emissions from running their own offices and operations.
    Mindy Lubber, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The rest of my twenties were a very circuitous adventure.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 1 Sep. 2025
  • While these reflections offer some useful context to Carroll, this circuitous plotting is distracting.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Imagine Maye triggering a triple-option run with Stevenson, keeping the ball and veering off the edge with Henderson behind him.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Without this alignment, these organizations risk mission drift, the default setting of veering further and further off course from their ultimate destination.
    Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Fishers nixes plans for another Allisonville roundabout after crash spike at 96th Street circle Noblesville has dominated Indiana soccer for years.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 4 Sep. 2025
  • As such, the networks aren’t on the hook for makegoods in the increasingly unlikely event of under-deliveries, which is a roundabout way of suggesting that the annual audience tallies are mostly of interest to PR types.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For the health of the game, diverging too far from the system already in place seems unwise.
    Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Music and activism are not diverging forces for Olivia Pierce, who performs under the name Moyana.
    Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Deviating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviating. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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