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Recent Examples of deviance
This dynamic also highlights the role of the audience in constructing the idea of deviance.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
For thousands of years, mental illness could only be explained by supernatural forces or moral deviance.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This distortion reduces bisexuality to a plot device or sign of deviance, reinforcing societal biases.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
But this doesn’t erase their gender deviance, merely complicates it.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
For thousands of years, mental illness could only be explained by supernatural forces or moral deviance.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This distortion reduces bisexuality to a plot device or sign of deviance, reinforcing societal biases.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
But this doesn’t erase their gender deviance, merely complicates it.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviance
Noun
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Where and how this divergence occurred was a mystery, until the remains of a person from 7,100 years ago were found in Yunnan, China, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2025
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This divergence is shaping up to be a central theme in the larger AI race.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
19 May 2025
Noun
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This discrepancy leads to a severely poor Debt-to-Equity Ratio of 108%.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The discrepancies between these two forms of ruthenium is so slight that the equipment used by geologists to study these isotopes hasn’t been able to tell the two apart.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 May 2025
Noun
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This installment of the Black Girl Missing franchise continues to spotlight stories often overlooked, focusing on the disparities in missing persons cases involving Black women and girls.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
28 May 2025
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One last point: Research suggests that in addition to health care disparities, genetic components, and environmental impacts, socioeconomic factors may also contribute to the severity of eczema among Black and Latinx women.—
Lynya Floyd,
Allure,
23 May 2025
Noun
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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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Whether consumers are confused by the similarity (or dissimilarity) of the two designs goes to the heart of the dispute.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 July 2024
Noun
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These significant enrollment declines not only jeopardize the future of Black families but also diminish the diversity of our workforce.—
Leadership Brainery,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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This affected the prairie’s biological diversity as rivers were rerouted, synthetic nitrogen became a standard fertilizer and the delicate symbiosis of the prairie was uprooted.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2025
Noun
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The colorways also offer three levels of maximalism: pebble being the most subtle, and the blue or coral make for increasing intervals of depth and contrast.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
25 May 2025
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Rihanna, by contrast, emerged as their modernized little sister who was young, polished, and strategically backed and ready to channel this island swag through the lens of a rising global pop star.—
Ime Ekpo,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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This, along with Stoke’s physicality and directness, gave them a point of difference — something nobody else had.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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The difference between current and voltage can be visualized by a conveyor belt carrying boxes of a uniform size.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Studies suggest that half of the variation in blood pressure is due to genetics.78 Mutations in over 100 genes contribute to blood pressure elevation.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Health,
30 May 2025
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From Celestial Blue to Butter Yellow, with 13 unique color choices, coordinating or matching the color and style of a bedroom is easy with the variation in color palette.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
30 May 2025
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“Deviance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviance. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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