Sample Sentences for
deviate
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deviate as in:  deviate from the course

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    The show never deviates from its standard formula.
    deviates = changes or differs
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    The roadbuilders didn't deviate an inch from the plan the headman was following.  (source)
    deviate = change
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    For or the rest of the week's Potions lessons Harry continued to follow the Half-Blood Prince's instructions wherever they deviated from Libatius Borage's, with the result that by their fourth lesson Slughorn was raving about Harrys abilities, saying that he had rarely taught anyone so talented.  (source)
    deviated = differed
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    Even in the instant of death we cannot permit any deviation.  (source)
    deviation = difference
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    I also told him where the deviations would occur.†  (source)
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    He barely looked at the road, yet the tires never deviated so much as a centimeter from the center of the lane.  (source)
    deviated = swerved (changed or differed)
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    The president decides not to deviate from his normal schedule, not wanting the news about Cuba to get out quite yet.  (source)
    deviate = change or differ
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    When he stepped out of the hospital door the grounds overwhelmed him: the cropped shrubbery, the edged lawns, the undeviating walks.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in undeviating means not and reverses the meaning of deviating. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    As if Frederick understands already that both have been assigned to their specific courses, that there is no deviating now.  (source)
    deviating = changing or differing
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    He never deviates or lets himself be swayed by the voices outside the door, begging him to open up before a disaster occurs.†  (source)
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    Although it experienced no loss of altitude or airspeed, the 747 began to veer off its assigned flight path, now traveling west-southwest at a seven-degree deviation from Jet Route 146.  (source)
    deviation = change or difference
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    Aside from the Cap'n Crunch whistle hidden in the kitchen, I found no surprises or deviations from the original game.†  (source)
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    Only when they deviated from meticulous routine did they run the risk of losing something.  (source)
    deviated = changed or differed
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