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
Noun
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Rubio was on the tarmac for the departure of the flight, which was taking 32 men and 11 women back to Colombia.—
Juan Zamorano,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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Despite the departures, Hurley believes in his team.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
2 Feb. 2025
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Luckily, his Aunt May (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) happens to be heading to work and offers to make a detour to drop him off for his first day of high school.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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But if his life has taken a wild detour from that point, his future business success isn’t the only reason the evening sticks out in his mind.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
28 Jan. 2025
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This divergence implies that the selling pressure is beginning to alleviate, and a potential bottom could be imminent.—
David Keller,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2025
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What's more, the Nation's Report Card highlights some worrying divergence happening within those scores.—
Jonaki Mehta,
NPR,
29 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 9 Feb. 2025.
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