deviations
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A result must reach three standard deviations to qualify as evidence of a new phenomenon.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026
The rotation into long-dated Treasury ETFs is more than five standard deviations away from its historical average, illustrating just how extreme this shift is relative to normal activity.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
"At the smallest spatial scales explored in the experiment, the production rate of J/ψ particles is significantly suppressed, with a statistical significance of about three standard deviations."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Relativity seems pretty solid. We haven’t seen any deviations from that,” said Katie Mack, Hawking chair in cosmology and science communication at the Perimeter Institute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Aside from the Cap’n Crunch whistle hidden in the kitchen, I found no surprises or deviations from the original game.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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