as in turning
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 deviating
Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Her memory of that day never flagged, every detail remaining crystal clear, her story never deviating.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviating
Verb
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The crowd takes it all in wearing headphones with green lights, turning the night into a kind of silent disco in a scene straight out of Mad Max.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Andante cantabile offers benevolence tinged with shadow, its harmonies turning suddenly ominous.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Hawaii will continue to feel indirect impacts today from moist air Kiko brought into the area and a weak wind field left in its wake, the National Weather Service said.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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This indirect pollution makes up about 80-90% of an insurance company's total climate risk exposure, far more than the emissions from running their own offices and operations.—
Mindy Lubber,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The rest of my twenties were a very circuitous adventure.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
1 Sep. 2025
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While these reflections offer some useful context to Carroll, this circuitous plotting is distracting.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Avcıoğlu worked as a film critic before veering into film acquisitions.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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His lyrics, once steeped in political protest, began veering into surreal, layered poetry.—
Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Fishers nixes plans for another Allisonville roundabout after crash spike at 96th Street circle Noblesville has dominated Indiana soccer for years.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
4 Sep. 2025
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As such, the networks aren’t on the hook for makegoods in the increasingly unlikely event of under-deliveries, which is a roundabout way of suggesting that the annual audience tallies are mostly of interest to PR types.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For the health of the game, diverging too far from the system already in place seems unwise.—
Maury Brown,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Music and activism are not diverging forces for Olivia Pierce, who performs under the name Moyana.—
Britt Julious,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Deviating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviating. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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