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straying

ADJECTIVE
deviating
Synonyms




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Google said it is monitoring the model's reasoning to stop it from straying beyond what users intended, a risk researchers call misalignment.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Swinney said Hamilton was straying into "incredibly inappropriate territory" and denied trying to sweep the story under the carpet.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

The move had some customers questioning if the app was straying too far from its original purpose.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

All of them are at their best when they behave relatively normally instead of straying into caricatures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

And as much as I wanted to direct my attention to the hori­zon, to where my salvation lay, it kept straying back to this maniacal beast.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel


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