deviate from
Example Sentences
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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
He has faced calls from opposition parties to set out his plans, confirm who he intends to appoint to his cabinet and explain whether or not he will deviate from Labour's 2024 manifesto.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Active management allows He and his three co-managers to deviate from risk parity if the team favors a particular asset class.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
“We have not received any indication that the U.S. administration intends to deviate from those commitments,” said the spokesman, Olof Gill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
The person should have known that their conduct was wrong and didn’t just deviate from what was right, but substantially deviated.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
