digressing

verb

present participle of digress
as in wandering
to speak or write about something that is different from the main subject being discussed He digressed so often that it was hard to follow what he was saying. If I can digress for a moment, I'd like to briefly mention her earlier films.

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  1. wandering
  2. deviating
  3. straying
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  • More Phillies players and staff joined them, wandering around the field and the house from the movie for the next 40 minutes.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The young mountain lion was spotted wandering along Foothill Boulevard between San Dimas Avenue and San Dimas Canyon Road in the morning, according to the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of wandering
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  • In 2024, the government decided against deviating from the 2021 census questions in the interests of maintaining social cohesion.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Practicing deviating from our defaults, no matter how mundane, prepares us to deviate again, even in higher stakes contexts.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of deviating
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  • If straps are a nonnegotiable for you, this floral maxi dress has spaghetti straps that offer a bit more support without straying from Brunson’s A+ style.
    — Melony Forcier, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
  • Some of those losses stemmed from carelessness, with his supreme confidence occasionally straying into casualness.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of straying
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