Example Sentences

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The effect on sentiment, the researchers find, comes not just from higher prices, but from how far and how often conditions have deviated from the relative stability that defined the prepandemic period.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Some digital tokens tracking popular U.S. stocks have deviated wildly from underlying prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Customs and Border Protection agents may have deviated from protocol before the fatal shooting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

The Jehovah's Witnesses is a religious movement which believes that traditional Christian churches have deviated from the actual teachings of the Bible and Armageddon is imminent.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023

"Well, Barbicane," then said Michel, "should you like to know what I think about why we have deviated?"

From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules