reroute
verb
re·route
(ˌ)rē-ˈrüt 
-ˈrau̇t
rerouted; rerouting
1
transitive
: to send or direct (something) on or along a different route
rerouting flights/traffic
Bypassing roads, of course, was a prime consideration in rerouting the trail …—
Paul Dunphy
Paul Dunphyautomatically reroutes incoming calls
2
intransitive
: to switch to a different route
The storm forced planes/ships to reroute.
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The people who work on grants to tribal colleges and historically Black colleges and universities were also let go, just weeks after the administration rerouted $495 million in grant funding to those schools.
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Federal investigators are probing how a windscreen on a United Airlines flight cracked and forced a plane to reroute from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City last week.
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Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
The wide berth given to the storm reflect that airlines have been rerouting flights around Jamaica, which is already suffering from the storm's strong winds and rain.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The people who work on grants to tribal colleges and historically Black colleges and universities were also let go, just weeks after the administration rerouted $495 million in grant funding to those schools.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Federal investigators are probing how a windscreen on a United Airlines flight cracked and forced a plane to reroute from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City last week.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Reroute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reroute. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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