deviation
noun
the act of deviating.
deviations
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pluralof deviation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He had to be in crisis, his deviations in footwork and arm motion analyzed like tanker traffic around the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
And Bollinger bands mark moves of two standard deviations above and below a moving average.
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
