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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The 300-second exposure shows the wandering solar system body as a minute dot, barely distinguishable among the stellar giants populating the distant starfield beyond.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
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Fuel up for a day of wandering with a coffee at Dripolator.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
1 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuit follows other legal battles Musk has launched against OpenAI and Apple, accusing them of monopolistic practices and straying from OpenAI’s original mission.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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The company tends to settle for mid-tier brands and celebrities in their marketing, straying from its core strength in winterwear, Jiang added.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Digressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digressing. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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