deviation

Example Sentences

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The deviations from standard practice meant thousands of references were not checked, and shortcuts in vetting led to there being some officers and staff who should not have been in the force.

From BBC

Each standard deviation drop in relative amplitude was linked to a 54% increase in dementia risk.

From Science Daily

Since beginning operations in 2019, the experiment has collected tritium β-decay data with unmatched precision, specifically searching for the tiny deviations expected from a sterile neutrino.

From Science Daily

That is a consumption gap of about 25 percentage points of GDP—a massive deviation from what you would expect at this stage of development.

From Barron's

He took Boyd’s gun but not his phone, a deviation from department procedure that set the course for what happened over the next few hours.

From The Wall Street Journal