deviation

Example Sentences

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Since beginning operations in 2019, the experiment has collected tritium β-decay data with unmatched precision, specifically searching for the tiny deviations expected from a sterile neutrino.

From Science Daily

That is a consumption gap of about 25 percentage points of GDP—a massive deviation from what you would expect at this stage of development.

From Barron's

He took Boyd’s gun but not his phone, a deviation from department procedure that set the course for what happened over the next few hours.

From The Wall Street Journal

The drama's story closely followed the game's, with a few deviations, and fans pointed out shot-for-shot comparisons where sequences were almost identical to their pixelated inspiration.

From BBC

And then, the one deliberate deviation: brown butter.

From Salon