as in departures
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 deviations
The only deviations from the hue can be found on the steel screws on the bezel, the titanium caseback and crown chip, and the white accents on the dial.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 May 2026
The scale and frequency of the deviations align more naturally with magnetic restructuring in the solar wind than with extreme plasma density shifts.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
Because servers can’t tolerate more than minor deviations, UPS electronics also clean up low-quality power, such as voltage spikes or sags and frequency deviation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2026
The platform’s new AI agent, René, allows dispatchers and fleet managers to investigate operational inefficiencies through simple conversational queries, identifying the root causes of issues like excessive overtime or route deviations.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2026
But there are other deviations as well.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Even with the deviations, the MorphoScan stayed within a reasonably accurate range and provided a meaningful breakdown of my body composition.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2026
There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.
—Amanda Luberto, AZCentral.com, 1 Apr. 2026
To anyone following the MAHA movement and the activities of the surgeon general nominee, Casey Means, these deviations will not be surprising.
—Christopher Duggan, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 May 2026
The scale and frequency of the deviations align more naturally with magnetic restructuring in the solar wind than with extreme plasma density shifts.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
Because servers can’t tolerate more than minor deviations, UPS electronics also clean up low-quality power, such as voltage spikes or sags and frequency deviation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2026
The platform’s new AI agent, René, allows dispatchers and fleet managers to investigate operational inefficiencies through simple conversational queries, identifying the root causes of issues like excessive overtime or route deviations.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2026
But there are other deviations as well.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Even with the deviations, the MorphoScan stayed within a reasonably accurate range and provided a meaningful breakdown of my body composition.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2026
There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.
—Amanda Luberto, AZCentral.com, 1 Apr. 2026
To anyone following the MAHA movement and the activities of the surgeon general nominee, Casey Means, these deviations will not be surprising.
—Christopher Duggan, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviations
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Many guests are juggling packed itineraries—pyramid visits, museum stops, Nile cruise transfers—and the staff are well practiced at coordinating drivers, guides, and early departures.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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The nomination signals Trump is backing away from promises to eliminate FEMA, as Hamilton joins a beleaguered agency depleted by staff departures and a 75-day DHS shutdown.—
Gabriela Aoun Angueira,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The former pair tempers the latter’s lush sonic detours, making it so the new album lives and dies by the pen.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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The months of planning, the detours across the Mediterranean, and the final rush to install will by then have disappeared into the background.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
4 May 2026
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There are differences in their backgrounds, but only minor policy divergences, including on the participation of trans athletes in women’s and girls’ sports.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Yet while there was much Latin American anti-imperialist thinkers could agree on, there were also profound divergences between them.—
Tony Wood,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2026
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While Jaquez did not provide the eye-popping scoring of some of her teammates, the wing brought a cool effectiveness to the defensive side of the ball while tallying a pair of assists and a handful of deflections.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2026
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The stat also doesn’t account for deflections off a goalie’s own teammates, which are exceptionally unpredictable and difficult to stop but typically register as a routine shot attempt from distance.—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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