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deviate

[dee-vee-ayt, dee-vee-it] / ˈdi viˌeɪt, ˈdi vi ɪt /


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Regulators allowed UPS to deviate to reach suburban homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Whether this legal challenge will succeed depends in part on whether judges will continue to defer to the president on these particular levies, no matter how much they deviate from previous practice.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Tehran insists on controlling the waterway, saying it will charge fees for passage and threatening to hit vessels that deviate from its authorised route.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

Department of Justice sued RealPage, a Texas-based software company, alleging it gathered private data from landlords to set rent prices and make it difficult for property managers to deviate from these price recommendations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

The shortcut was only one-way and didn’t deviate.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

"This is a fundamental discovery that deviates from theoretical predictions," Yang said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

She deviates from the one-note mean girl role, supplying Gen with dimensionality and kindness that characters like these were rarely afforded.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Periods where inflation deviates more from target than unemployment are associated with tightening monetary policy.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026

In doing so, the measurement deviates from lived experience, especially for cash-strapped Americans who are most exposed by these price changes.

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026

She rarely deviates from her original pattern, her hymn of particulars.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Boeing described these as “off-market customer contracts” where “the terms of the contract deviated from the terms that a market participant could have achieved.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

As if to signal this iteration hasn’t completely deviated from its roots, in the show’s opening moments, Deborah Wayne coolly flicks the iconic flip-up frames made famous by Hardison’s Dwayne.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

They often must provide evidence that the government willfully violated a policy or otherwise deviated from its charge — that is, did something irregular — to overcome the standard.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

This week's exchange of strikes was sparked after Iran was accused of targeting three vessels it said had deviated from its approved route.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

Only when they deviated from meticulous routine did they run the risk of losing something.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

But the new practitioners of the FDE strategy are deviating fundamentally from Palantir’s original design in a way that makes them unlikely to achieve the same success, people familiar with Palantir’s FDE approach say.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026

The term AOR originated in the late ’60s with the ascent of FM radio, when rock stations began deviating from the Top 40 format and played some more-obscure album cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

He believes the asset manager erred in deviating from the contractual terms of the fund agreements.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

That night, Roberts removed Ohtani from his no-hit bid because, as he put it after the game, he didn’t feel comfortable deviating from the superstar’s prescripted pitching plan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

She walked a straight line to the ocean, for the pools had frozen and she could follow her compass without deviating.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George


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