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Recent Examples of deviance
This shift undermines the association of cannabis with criminality or deviance.
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Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
But this doesn’t erase their gender deviance, merely complicates it.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
The Righteous Gemstones follows an infamous televangelist family with a history of charitable contributions coupled with deviance and greed.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
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Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
But this doesn’t erase their gender deviance, merely complicates it.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
The Righteous Gemstones follows an infamous televangelist family with a history of charitable contributions coupled with deviance and greed.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviance
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But the success of carbon capture in the budget bill further highlights the divergence between the U.S. and the rest of the world.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
11 July 2025
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This growing divergence is what makes the pound an attractive investment funded by borrowing in the lower-yielding franc.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
1 July 2025
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The two-tier discrepancies are visible at every level of the legal system.—
Abigail Anthony,
National Review,
18 July 2025
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The audit also noted two discrepancies over Equus’ invoices for payment to the county.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2025
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The Commonwealth Fund ranks Georgia 45th in its latest Scorecard on State Health System Performance, which grades the states on health care access, prevention and treatment, efficiency, healthy lives, and health disparities.—
Scott Cohn,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
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Overshadowing Urgent Health Priorities This misplaced focus on a singular, misleading statistic diverts attention from the actual causes of health disparities.—
Jennifer Jay Palumbo,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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But the primary dissimilarity from the remainder of the homestand is not the loss but rather the four runs.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2025
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In fact, some dissimilarity between Mojtaba and his father is a plus.—
Akbar Ganji,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Feb. 2025
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The project proposes sweeping reforms to federal agencies, a rollback of progressive policies on climate, LGBTQ+ rights and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, along with an expansion of executive power through civil service restructuring.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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According to Jones, although some of the more mobile creatures had begun to repopulate to similar numbers seen in undisturbed parts of the ocean, the diversity of life may take centuries or more to return.—
Amber X. Chen,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2025
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In contrast, the Cincinnati area is aging more quickly and struggling to draw in younger workers — a trend that, according to the chamber's report, could hinder the region’s ability to compete with other metros in business growth, infrastructure development, and innovation.—
Randy Tucker,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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In contrast, the E1’s network fabric allows any arbitrary path a program could ask for.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 July 2025
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Here's the difference: your CPA is likely focused on what's happening this year, minimizing your tax bill, filing returns and staying compliant.—
Steve Hruby,
The Enquirer,
22 July 2025
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But Georgi did not notice much of a difference, and seemed annoyed with his wife.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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SECAs are similar to teaching assistants, but there is a slight variation in their job descriptions and they are represented by different unions.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Both variations of the Flow 2 have hot-swappable, low-profile switches that can be easily changed or upgraded to give the keyboard an alternative typing style.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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“Deviance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviance. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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