as in turned
to change one's course or direction
sailors forced to deviate from their course in order to avoid the storm
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Recent Examples of deviated
Yet Kurnos said that Scripps has deviated from its peers with other moves, such as growing Scripps Sports with local media rights.
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Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Over the past few years, San Jose has deviated from the Housing First model by investing more money into interim housing options as an alternative to living on the streets.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Minister of Territorial Administration Emile Zerbo said the dissolution comes after authorities found that the parties had deviated from the guidelines establishing them.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Senior Janiah Barker was out with injury and veteran guard Talaysia Cooper was struggling, so Caldwell deviated from her usual rotation patterns and rode with Pauldo for 36 minutes.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Travis Scott has deviated very little from drab colors on his Air Jordan 1s.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 8 Jan. 2026
And through the years, Marty never deviated.
—Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025
The tanker later deviated course into the Gulf of Oman.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Trump speech often deviated from the topic at hand, and included a call for South Africa to leave the Group of 20.
—Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Over the past few years, San Jose has deviated from the Housing First model by investing more money into interim housing options as an alternative to living on the streets.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Minister of Territorial Administration Emile Zerbo said the dissolution comes after authorities found that the parties had deviated from the guidelines establishing them.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Senior Janiah Barker was out with injury and veteran guard Talaysia Cooper was struggling, so Caldwell deviated from her usual rotation patterns and rode with Pauldo for 36 minutes.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Travis Scott has deviated very little from drab colors on his Air Jordan 1s.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 8 Jan. 2026
And through the years, Marty never deviated.
—Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025
The tanker later deviated course into the Gulf of Oman.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Trump speech often deviated from the topic at hand, and included a call for South Africa to leave the Group of 20.
—Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviated
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The only way Seattle could’ve lost this game is if Darnold turned into a pumpkin and threw multiple interceptions.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Around 30 Emirati companies were listed as participants, but none showed up; the exhibition space allocated to EDGE Group — one of Abu Dhabi’s biggest arms makers — was turned into a coffee shop.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Within seconds, Perez smacked a cellphone out of the man's hand, swung at his head and tackled him to the ground.—
Sheridan Hendrix,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Over the past decade, screening guidelines have swung from recommending routine screening to advising against it to landing somewhere in between, and major organizations still don’t all say it the same way.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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An early sign of the growing hostility in the race came in January when podcasters Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers veered into the Texas primary.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
10 Feb. 2026
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Police vans behind a temporary metal fence secured the road to the athletes’ village, but the protesters veered away, continuing their apparent route toward the Santagiulia venue.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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The addition of Pavlich’s opinion show diverged from the channel’s initial brand as a non-biased news outlet.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2026
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Bonobos are humanity’s closest living genetic relative, so Krupenye and his study co-authors suggest that the ability to pretend and imagine was likely present 6 million to 9 million years ago, when the two species diverged in evolutionary history.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Deviated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviated. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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