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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Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to other field offices — often to staff who don't have jurisdiction over the caller's case, employees say.
—Ashley Lopez, NPR, 5 Aug. 2025
Such thought experiments delight in the notion that certain individuals can dramatically reroute history.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Since then, the firm has shifted sourcing out of China and rerouted a significant portion of its upholstered furniture to its own North Carolina factory, the firm said.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 24 July 2025
Some words are censored, while others are popularized through online memes and trends, meaning that the very structure underlying social media is responsible for rerouting our language in real time.
—Adam Aleksic, People.com, 14 July 2025
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Ashley Lopez, NPR, 5 Aug. 2025
Such thought experiments delight in the notion that certain individuals can dramatically reroute history.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Since then, the firm has shifted sourcing out of China and rerouted a significant portion of its upholstered furniture to its own North Carolina factory, the firm said.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 24 July 2025
Some words are censored, while others are popularized through online memes and trends, meaning that the very structure underlying social media is responsible for rerouting our language in real time.
—Adam Aleksic, People.com, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for reroute
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“Reroute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reroute. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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