detouring

present participle of detour
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as in deviating
to change one's course or direction we had to detour for a few miles around the section of highway under construction

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Recent Examples of detouring In Expedia's report, some popular destinations include detouring from Brescia, Italy, to Milan, and from Santa Barbara, California, to Los Angeles. Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detouring
Verb
  • Enter Kevin Smith, who knows a thing or two about bypassing gatekeepers.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
  • There are many benefits that come with creating a trust fund, such as protecting assets, bypassing probate court, or having a clear direction for how assets are distributed and to whom.
    Mariah Maddox, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Reagan championed free trade while selectively deviating from it, according to the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Occurring more than halfway through the performance, the scene is used to introduce the tragic backstory of the Phantom character at a freak show — a new narrative deviating from the original source material.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Linda Kenney Baden, a legal analyst and defense attorney whose past clients have included Aaron Hernandez, Phil Spector and Casey Anthony, said Robinson's defense may be more focused on avoiding the death penalty than proving his innocence.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The writers mold a peculiar premise in their screenplay by avoiding another dime-a-dozen found footage spectacle, instead turning a very careful eye toward the real-life atrocities committed by the church — plus some genuine scares.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With goal difference not a factor in this three-match format, there was no incentive for Miami to push forward in the final period, and Nashville never looked like turning the contest around.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But Drew Mestekmaker and North Texas’ high-flying offense wouldn’t be denied, turning a three-point deficit midway through the third quarter into a 34-point road victory, keeping their College Football Playoff hopes alive.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yet the group is clearly circumventing the restrictions.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Panahi, along with other up-and-coming filmmakers, began circumventing the official channels, sending one version of his films’ scripts to government censors and filming another.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Other fits have been hateful, veering into racist and antisemitic diatribes.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Despite this, most of these models show the storm veering into the Dominican Republic or heading northeast, toward the Bahamas.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Detouring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detouring. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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