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deviation

[dee-vee-ey-shuhn] / ˌdi viˈeɪ ʃən /


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Tesla’s average analyst price target is $408 with a 35% standard deviation, implying wider outcomes than other tech giants.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Others criticized Cliffwater’s marketing, especially when it boasted of hedge-fund-like returns with minimal risks, citing industry metrics like Sharpe ratios and standard deviation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

This represents a 55% price-to-earnings-growth discount relative to its megacap technology peers and places the stock one standard deviation below its 10-year average, Nowak wrote.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Just as “The Complex” deviates from his first two novels, “Family Planning” and “The Association of Small Bombs” Mahajan’s career trajectory is also a deviation from that of a traditional novelist.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

The boy adores these trips, both for the contents of the buildings and the deviation from his set routine.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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