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
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.
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Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2025
Although anomaly detection is very good at identifying deviations from the norm and machine learning is excellent at classification, AI can’t piece together an understanding of an attack that produces a definitive set of tasks that need to be undertaken to remediate threats.
—James Blake, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Active safety features include a pre-collision warning, automatic emergency braking, plus lane deviation and avoidance.
—New Atlas, 10 Jan. 2025
Brown says her holiday plans were a deviation from her normal routine, typically spent with her 9-year-old daughter, Iliana.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2025
Although anomaly detection is very good at identifying deviations from the norm and machine learning is excellent at classification, AI can’t piece together an understanding of an attack that produces a definitive set of tasks that need to be undertaken to remediate threats.
—James Blake, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Active safety features include a pre-collision warning, automatic emergency braking, plus lane deviation and avoidance.
—New Atlas, 10 Jan. 2025
Brown says her holiday plans were a deviation from her normal routine, typically spent with her 9-year-old daughter, Iliana.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for deviation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviation
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On Monday, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler officially resigned from his position, marking the departure long-sought by some crypto boosters who viewed Gensler as overly restrictive toward digital assets.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Boise State Look for a more diverse offense following the departure of the greatest player in school history, tailback Ashton Jeanty, and with the return of starting quarterback Maddux Madsen.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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His interest in the Church Street area started with a detour while on a business trip.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jan. 2025
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Whether that will involve Paul or another opponent remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: Logan Paul is positioning himself as a major force in WWE, even if his journey to the top may come with some detours.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Water currents and thermal barriers isolated these manatees from populations in Mexico and the Caribbean, leading to genetic divergence.—
Beth Brady,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2025
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Some, such as Bologna and now Monaco, do offer divergence from the increasingly identikit football systems.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Though Hynes might have a point there, including on a couple of deflection goals, Gustavsson is going through an admittedly tough stretch.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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The defensive intensity was a lot better, our activity was a lot better, and the hands and deflections and even our pace offensively.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Deviation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviation. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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