as in deviation
a turning away from a course or standard
we'll regard this relapse as just a brief detour on your road to recovery from substance abuse
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as in to bypass
to avoid by going around
we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium
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Recent Examples of detour
Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
What started as a fun celebration for his grandmother’s birthday turned into an unexpected detour that left her feeling ignored and hurt.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 30 July 2025
Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 26 July 2025
During construction, motorists will be detoured to the 11th Street Girl Scout Bridge – also known as Kentucky Route 1120 – to travel between Covington and Newport.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 23 July 2025
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Noun
The detour for Route 76 off 68th Street between Bluemound Road and State Street will end this fall.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
What started as a fun celebration for his grandmother’s birthday turned into an unexpected detour that left her feeling ignored and hurt.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 30 July 2025
Verb
Detour: Traffic will detour through the Loop 101 frontage toads.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 26 July 2025
During construction, motorists will be detoured to the 11th Street Girl Scout Bridge – also known as Kentucky Route 1120 – to travel between Covington and Newport.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detour
Noun
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People who could follow instructions, memorize workflow steps and execute them without deviation.—
Evan J. Schwartz,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Transcriptions of episodes of the Outside Podcast are created with a mix of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain some grammatical errors or slight deviations from the audio.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
30 July 2025
Verb
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The company's solution bypasses traditional banking infrastructure entirely.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Anyone wishing to bypass the middleman and go directly to Brown’s GoFundMe page can do so at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bruce-battle-rare-blood-cancer.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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Smith is not deviating from the plan set by his predecessor.—
Taylor Lyons,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Aug. 2025
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Jack Carr — co-creator of the Amazon Prime Video series and author of the books it’s based on — revealed that The Terminal List 2 will deviate from the plot of his second novel True Believer, a stark difference from the first season.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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McMullen’s departure has also come up in another lawsuit against Kroger.—
Alexander Coolidge,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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Hoever’s departure from the first-team picture was far from ordinary.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Apple’s careful wording makes clear that the changes to the way the metric is now gathered is key to how the Masimo dispute has been circumvented.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Jorge Silva | Reuters Russia, meanwhile, has reasonably effectively circumvented international sanctions and has buyers of its oil that funds its war machine, with the likes of China and India refusing to isolate their ally.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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Blending wit with emotional depth, Foreign Tongue turns a rare medical anomaly into a surreal, genre-defying reflection on identity, perception, and cultural belonging.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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But if this fight doesn’t happen soon, whispers could easily turn into outright claims.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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That ambiguity reflects a desire to maintain strategic flexibility and avoid premature entanglement in a potential war.—
Frank Lavin,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Xi needs to shore up government finances, consolidate industries, and avoid further international barriers to Chinese exports and investment.—
Scott Kennedy,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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Warner Music Group swung to a net loss of $16 million in the third quarter after reporting net income of $141 million a year earlier.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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The company swung to a net income of $1.58 billion for the three months ended in June from a massive loss pushing $10 billion the year before.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Detour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detour. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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