How to Use redirect in a Sentence

redirect

1 of 2 verb
  • They dug trenches near the river to redirect the flow of the water.
  • I tried to redirect their attention to the other painting.
  • It's time to redirect your energy to your homework.
  • Traffic will be redirected to avoid downtown.
  • Visitors to the old website address are redirected automatically to the new one.
  • Coyle drove down the slot and redirected Marchand’s feed from the top of the left circle.
    Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2024
  • But, unlike the last time there, they were redirected to the sixth floor.
    Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Some of them had to redirect their future, because of the price of college.
    Abc News, ABC News, 6 July 2023
  • As the body tries to cool down, blood vessels widen, redirecting hot blood from the core of your body toward the surface.
    WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Back then, users had to wait five seconds to get redirected.
    Simon Hurtz, The Verge, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The Wings were able to cut the deficit to one goal when Seider fired a shot up middle to net and Erne redirected the puck into the net.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Nelly is in the throes of a romance that is redirecting her future.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Now the village redirects the community’s qualms to the MWRD.
    Hank Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • There’s a knob for adjusting the water pressure and a toggle that redirects the angle of the spray.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But their calls were redirected to vice chair Bert Kolde and nothing came of the discussions.
    Afentres, oregonlive, 5 June 2023
  • That followed an issue on Friday in which users who were not logged in were redirected to a signup page.
    Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 1 July 2023
  • The system, which has been in place for three decades, redirects money from property-rich districts to poor ones.
    Marcela Rodrigues, Dallas News, 23 June 2023
  • It was redirected to an airstrip in the Jordanian desert, and joined by two others.
    Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 1 June 2023
  • Kim redirected, doing a half-barrel roll toward the outside of the plate, crumpling on his shoulder in the process.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • Galante went out to intervene and the sow redirected its attention on her.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The county will redirect the grant money for the parking lot elsewhere.
    Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
  • But since the water is moving into a closed valve, it is redirected up past the other check valve, B, and causes the air space to be compressed.
    WIRED, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Or, open the Instagram app, tap the avatar icon on the bottom right, select the hamburger menu on the top right and tap Threads, which will redirect you to your phone's app store.
    Michael Muchmore, PCMAG, 6 July 2023
  • In the process, the emotional arc of Act I is also skillfully redirected.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
  • However, Wilson tied things up shortly after driving to the net and redirecting Conor Sheary’s feed to the front.
    Sammi Silber, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The authors said the study made clear the impact that foundation funding could have if redirected to HBCUs.
    Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
  • The idea was to redirect the flow of migration, by allowing people to apply to travel to the U.S. ahead of time, rather than take their chances at the border.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2023
  • This journal helps break the pattern of worry and negative thoughts by redirecting your brain to the positive things in life, both big and small.
    Mary K. Tatum, Ms, Verywell Health, 14 July 2023
  • Coyle, battling with fellow big boy Barkov, freed his stick and redirected the shot past Lyon six minutes in.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • There aren’t any means to redirect the conversation to a human agent.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
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redirect

2 of 2 noun
  • His second helper of the night was a saucer pass to Hartman for an easy redirect for a 2-1 lead.
    Mike Cook, Star Tribune, 8 May 2021
  • Jeff Carter made a one-touch redirect pass through the neutral zone to spring Zucker, who beat Swayman to the glove side with a wrist shot.
    Dan Scifo, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2022
  • On a 4-on-3 rush, the slippery pivot fed Lindholm (two assists) for a redirect off the post.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Nicholas Porritt, the plaintiffs’ lawyer, wasn’t able to get in many punches during the redirect.
    Hadriana Lowenkron, Bloomberg.com, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Lassiter entered in the 55th and scored 10 minutes later on an easy redirect of a cross.
    Houston Chronicle, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The vent system in the bottle redirects air that could otherwise cause painful gas, burping, and spitting up.
    Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 19 Feb. 2024
  • His redirect in front with 2:32 remaining in the third period sent the game to overtime.
    Joe Reedy, Star Tribune, 9 Mar. 2021
  • But the Spartans battled back, and thanks to a late redirect from senior Maggie Pierce, pulled out the victory.
    Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2023
  • On redirect, Depp emphasized that the comment was made well after he had been fired.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Your child could need one good redirect rather than 12 passive reminders.
    Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022
  • After closing his pads on a Stamkos redirect, Ullmark left for an extra skater with about two minutes left, but the Bruins couldn’t tie it.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Several other Facebook posts claim the same, with video posts showing the redirect to viewers.
    Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 8 June 2020
  • Dowd's second goal was a redirect of former Wings defenseman Nick Jensen's feed.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The update includes a webpage, help.anchor.fm, that redirects to Spotify for Podcasters’ help page, as well.
    Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 8 Mar. 2023
  • On redirect, Depp’s lawyer asked him to provide context for violent and disturbing messages which were shown to the jury last week.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Nelson's redirect in front was turned aside by Jarry 2 minutes into the second.
    Vin A. Cherwoo, Star Tribune, 23 May 2021
  • During redirect, Depp’s attorneys asked him about his reaction to Heard’s op-ed, which came two-plus years after their split.
    Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The death knell will sound on July 22, when the redirect to Facebook Gaming will officially occur.
    Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 22 June 2020
  • The malicious redirects ended in 2022 for unknown reasons.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2023
  • This intentional redirect can start breaking the habit of longer, more draining vent sessions.
    Komal Minhas, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • On redirect, the prosecutor sought to argue that Franks' testimony is not based on any promise that he will be spared a lengthy prison sentence.
    Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2022
  • At the end of redirect, Meyers played an audio clip of a conversation that took place after Heard filed for divorce and a restraining order in May 2016.
    Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Heard’s attorney, Elaine Bredehoft, questioned her on redirect and asked about the Franco video.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 17 May 2022
  • The practice, at best, redirects funds that would’ve gone to fossil fuel firms and the like, potentially paving the way for consequential innovation that might help green the economy.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • For instance, parents may be able to create a prompt for bedtime and Grok might go into bedtime mode, in which the toy redirects all conversations with the child toward bedtime, or Grok gets sleepy himself.
    Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The redirect came after Wilson, on cross-examination, described the the loving relationship Alex had with his wife and sons.
    Fox News, 10 Feb. 2023
  • On redirect, prosecutors worked to establish that the text exchanges were about scheduling leading up to the trial.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2022
  • After the defense’s cross-examination on Thursday, Grace Jabbari returned to the stand for a short redirect by her lawyer Friday morning.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Depp returned to the stand afterward for a redirect with one of his attorneys, Jessica Meyers, who reread multiple texts and played audio clips and asked the actor to provide more context.
    Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The link redirects to the website belonging to a group named Protect The Arctic, which doesn't appear to have any tax filings, doesn't list affiliate organizations and doesn't name its leaders.
    Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2023

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