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
Khalil said the applicant team intended to seek deviations from local building codes to build the second floor in the same footprint as the first.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Andrew Harnik / Getty Images The Army helicopter's deviation above the flight ceiling is one of several similar near collisions involving helicopters at Reagan National that date back more than a decade.
—Laura Geller, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2025
Any deviation, good or bad, is likely to play out on the margins.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
The intervention and reasoning — that a powerful defendant could be too occupied with official duties to face accountability for alleged crimes — marked an extraordinary deviation from long-standing Justice Department norms, which typically afford independence to federal prosecutors.
—Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Andrew Harnik / Getty Images The Army helicopter's deviation above the flight ceiling is one of several similar near collisions involving helicopters at Reagan National that date back more than a decade.
—Laura Geller, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2025
Any deviation, good or bad, is likely to play out on the margins.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
The intervention and reasoning — that a powerful defendant could be too occupied with official duties to face accountability for alleged crimes — marked an extraordinary deviation from long-standing Justice Department norms, which typically afford independence to federal prosecutors.
—Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviation
Noun
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McBride declined to comment on whether the White House was involved in the Tate Brothers' departure from Romania.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Yet there’s also been a lack of leadership within the Bianconeri side, especially more so since the departure of Danilo, who fell down the pecking order under Motta at the beginning of the season.—
Emmet Gates,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike is eliminating an annoying detour at one of its busier interchanges.—
Ryan Deto,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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Trimming a couple of those detours from the midsection would improve the overall pacing.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
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The regulatory divergence between Canada and the U.S. could also create new data privacy challenges.—
Hessie Jones,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Beyond the First World, the divergence is even starker.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Her shot was deflected across the goal to Jess Park who stabbed the ball in via a deflection off Salma Paralleulo.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Egyptian’s first-time shot flew in via a deflection off Nathan Ake.—
James Pearce,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Deviation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviation. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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