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Recent Examples of deviance
The Righteous Gemstones follows an infamous televangelist family with a history of charitable contributions coupled with deviance and greed.
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
This dynamic also highlights the role of the audience in constructing the idea of deviance.
—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
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
This dynamic also highlights the role of the audience in constructing the idea of deviance.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviance
Noun
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This rejection, combined with negative divergence with momentum suggests buyer exhaustion.—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
11 June 2025
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Speculation that the deals are being planned has seen a remarkable divergence of stock market performance with investors following textbook advice of buying the targets and selling the bidders.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said the issue came to light when college employees from the Payroll, Accounting, Financial Aid, and Human Resources departments noticed discrepancies in the employment records of a former student who worked in the Humanities Department.—
Sophie Pendrill,
Sun Sentinel,
13 June 2025
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There were reporting shortfalls Lawson hoped to address to avoid the vast discrepancies seen between the state’s data and the school’s reality for measles vaccination.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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To alleviate the disparity between funders’ donation caps and nonprofits’ need for resources, Godoy suggests nonprofits share services and spaces — such as collectively pitching in for an accountant or having joint office areas — to spur teamwork while cutting costs.—
Isabel Rivera,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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Racial disparities persist, with Black and Hispanic households making up a higher proportion of renters.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
Noun
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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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The presidential adviser is an architect of a lot of Trump's hard-line culture war policies, including immigration, but also the administration's stance on transgender rights and diversity initiatives.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
14 June 2025
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Traditional diversity training can feel abstract and impersonal, often failing to inspire genuine emotional investment.—
Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Noun
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In contrast, a green placard means a restaurant passed inspection.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2025
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In contrast, Snowflake’s metrics are considerably poorer.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Noun
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One difference is that previous research, including a 2023 paper that Keeler coauthored, studied restrictive diets supervised by medical professional.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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One year later in 2009, the difference between cable and broadcast was even more pronounced, especially with the decision to air Games 1 and 2 on NBC before moving Games 3 and 4 to Versus.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
3 June 2025
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Companies moving in this direction need to understand how variation in price can affect the ability to meet operational expenses.—
Alexander S. Blume,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Approach and mentality are frequent topics of conversation, even if there’s some variation between the two.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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“Deviance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviance. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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