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Recent Examples of deviance
This dynamic also highlights the role of the audience in constructing the idea of deviance.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
For thousands of years, mental illness could only be explained by supernatural forces or moral deviance.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This distortion reduces bisexuality to a plot device or sign of deviance, reinforcing societal biases.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
But this doesn’t erase their gender deviance, merely complicates it.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
For thousands of years, mental illness could only be explained by supernatural forces or moral deviance.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This distortion reduces bisexuality to a plot device or sign of deviance, reinforcing societal biases.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
But this doesn’t erase their gender deviance, merely complicates it.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviance
Noun
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Wendy McMahon has resigned as president and CEO of CBS News, citing a divergence with network leadership over the company's future direction.—
Gabe Whisnant
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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His visit is a divergence from the tradition among modern U.S. presidents to visit Mexico or Canada during their first foreign trip, which comes after his administration levied tariffs against the neighboring nations early in his term.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
Noun
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There's very little reason to expect discrepancies between those two prices or values to be the exception and not the rule.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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James said no discrepancies were found during that test.—
Bethany Brown,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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This installment of the Black Girl Missing franchise continues to spotlight stories often overlooked, focusing on the disparities in missing persons cases involving Black women and girls.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
28 May 2025
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One last point: Research suggests that in addition to health care disparities, genetic components, and environmental impacts, socioeconomic factors may also contribute to the severity of eczema among Black and Latinx women.—
Lynya Floyd,
Allure,
23 May 2025
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In fact, some dissimilarity between Mojtaba and his father is a plus.—
Akbar Ganji,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Feb. 2025
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Whether consumers are confused by the similarity (or dissimilarity) of the two designs goes to the heart of the dispute.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 July 2024
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Target had been a champion of diversity initiatives and LGBTQ rights.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
21 May 2025
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has publicly opposed diversity initiatives and supports a traditionalist view of military structure and discipline.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Rihanna, by contrast, emerged as their modernized little sister who was young, polished, and strategically backed and ready to channel this island swag through the lens of a rising global pop star.—
Ime Ekpo,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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By contrast, the hooded orioles build deep pouch or pendant nests that are sewn into place with the fibers from palm fronds.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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However, the numbers show for the last two years the Dolphins’ run game doesn’t make much of a difference in the game’s outcome.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
22 May 2025
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Trump had invited House Speaker Mike Johnson and key holdouts to meet at the White House to bridge their differences.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Reporting on their most recent outlays, there appears to be little variation between 2019 and 2025 in the type of specific investments in capital equipment.—
William Dunkelberg,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Studies suggest that half of the variation in blood pressure is due to genetics.78 Mutations in over 100 genes contribute to blood pressure elevation.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Health,
30 May 2025
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“Deviance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviance. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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