deviation
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Modelling for Operation Blue Skies suggests a full deviation through Shanwick would mean around 100kg of additional fuel per affected aircraft.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Gittens added there had been a "significant deviation" from the expected standards of care and "missed opportunities".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The intervention raised math achievement by 0.184 standard deviation a year in elementary school and 0.146 in secondary school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
For purposes of calculating this strategy’s track record, a dip was defined as a drop of at least one standard deviation below the stock market’s trailing 12-month mean.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
And it really has been a nice deviation from the norm.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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“We’re about three standard deviations higher than the norm, and that’s way out of line, and just to come back to that level you would have 40% — 45% selling,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Our measurement, accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters, shows a tension of four standard deviations from the expectations of the Standard Model.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
The scientists suggested several theories for why these two humpbacks embarked on such "exceptional" deviations from the normal routes.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
It also analyzes deviations from a subject’s routine.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Epicycles were a way of having deviations from perfectly circular motion while pretending that there were no deviations from perfectly circular motion.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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