deviated

verb

past tense of deviate
as in turned
to change one's course or direction sailors forced to deviate from their course in order to avoid the storm

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Recent Examples of deviated But over time, due to a variety of systems issues with obtaining certain medications, the lethal injection protocol has deviated from the standard devised by Chapman. — M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026 The Bengals deviated from strategy this offseason and paid for a defense. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026 McInerny saw a character who deviated from the usual ingenue. — Carole Horst, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 To deal with this unreliability, the Paraborgs will need better onboard systems to pinpoint their positions and monitor their actions so researchers can recognize when an insect has deviated from its course or become less responsive. — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Sep. 2026 As if to signal this iteration hasn’t completely deviated from its roots, in the show’s opening moments, Deborah Wayne coolly flicks the iconic flip-up frames made famous by Hardison’s Dwayne. — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 City officials previously said that the Boveys deviated substantially from the initial plans. — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026 The Costa Concordia allegedly deviated from its planned route around the Mediterranean Sea to do this. — Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition. — ABC News, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviated
  1. turned
  2. swung
  3. veered
  4. diverged
Verb
  • The amateur investigators turned the sample over to university police.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The theater quickly turned into a West Coast powerhouse, producing trailblazing work, including the plays of Brecht, Beckett and Pinter.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of turned
Verb
  • Deputies say Gonzalez grabbed a dumbbell, raised it and swung at Murant.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Squalls swung in across the north bank and obscured the river.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of swung
Verb
  • After impact, the motorcycle veered off the right side of the highway through the gore of the exit ramp and into the rest area’s grassy median.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Family members of the 39-year-old woman who was killed when a car veered off the road and into a Whittier burger restaurant earlier this week held a vigil to honor their lost loved one on Wednesday.
    — Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of veered
Verb
  • Lahn, who was endorsed early in his primary by political committee MAHA Action, has diverged from many of his Republican peers in directly linking polluted water and agrochemicals to Iowa’s cancer crisis.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Lahn, who was endorsed early in his primary by the political committee MAHA Action, has diverged from many of his Republican peers in directly linking polluted water and agrochemicals to Iowa's cancer crisis.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of diverged

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“Deviated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviated. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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