DEVIANCES Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

deviances

noun

plural of deviance

as in deviations

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deviations

Noun

The meat may have been stored in a refrigerator experiencing unsafe deviations in temperature.

— Eva Flowe October 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Detecting such deviations could help distinguish between competing explanations for inflation and reveal more about the universe’s earliest conditions.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

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