as in departure
a turning away from a course or standard
a memoir that was discovered to contain numerous deviations from fact
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Recent Examples of deviation
Conservatives counter the state’s debt is still too high and that any deviation from savings practices is a road to fiscal chaos.
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Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
For Patience, a sharp word or any deviation from her routine can be devastating and discombobulating.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
Transcriptions of episodes of the Outside Podcast are created with a mix of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain some grammatical errors or slight deviations from the audio.
—Outside Online, 11 June 2025
And when strategy is rolled out, is space built in for reflection, revision and learning, or is deviation still seen as failure?
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
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Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
For Patience, a sharp word or any deviation from her routine can be devastating and discombobulating.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
Transcriptions of episodes of the Outside Podcast are created with a mix of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain some grammatical errors or slight deviations from the audio.
—Outside Online, 11 June 2025
And when strategy is rolled out, is space built in for reflection, revision and learning, or is deviation still seen as failure?
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviation
Noun
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The fact that the French club had its best performances after the departure of superstars Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé was mentioned quite a bit by fans and media during the recent Champions League tournament, which surely didn’t sit well with the Argentine legend.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
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Tesla, which earlier this month saw the departure of its humanoid robot program director, did not reply to a Fortune request for a statement.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Anna’s life is completely on track until this detour.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
30 June 2025
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Make way for divine detours as the Cancer new moon seeds in.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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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The attempt took a deflection and trickled toward goal.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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Active defender and someone that’s capable of getting deflections.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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“Deviation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviation. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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