- present participle of deviate.
deviating
Example Sentences
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Punjab police said there was "absolutely no justification for deviating from our established protocols" and that it was conducting a "thorough and impartial investigation".
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Exxon, he said, is boosting production in the U.S. and Guyana, but the company isn’t deviating from previously set plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
But the new practitioners of the FDE strategy are deviating fundamentally from Palantir’s original design in a way that makes them unlikely to achieve the same success, people familiar with Palantir’s FDE approach say.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026
He believes the asset manager erred in deviating from the contractual terms of the fund agreements.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
It is not a system that allows for deviating.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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