as in tangent
a departure from the subject under consideration
the professor's frequent and extended digressions are the stuff of campus legend
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Midway through his press conference at the close of last week’s NATO summit, Joe Biden trailed off into what seemed like a bizarre digression.
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Noah Rothman, National Review, 16 July 2024
Filled to the brim with punning wordplay, theatrical allusions, and the delicious chaos of backstage maneuvering, Fifi Martingale is perhaps Rozier’s finest comedic take on the wild digressions and nick-of-time improvisations that comprise both art and life.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 15 July 2024
The president’s non-sequiturs and meandering digressions into cognitive cul-de-sacs were, Biden’s allies and courtiers assured us, a rare species of genius.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 12 July 2024
The script’s jumble of subplots, flashbacks and digressions has scant binding structural integrity.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 July 2024
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Noah Rothman, National Review, 16 July 2024
Filled to the brim with punning wordplay, theatrical allusions, and the delicious chaos of backstage maneuvering, Fifi Martingale is perhaps Rozier’s finest comedic take on the wild digressions and nick-of-time improvisations that comprise both art and life.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 15 July 2024
The president’s non-sequiturs and meandering digressions into cognitive cul-de-sacs were, Biden’s allies and courtiers assured us, a rare species of genius.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 12 July 2024
The script’s jumble of subplots, flashbacks and digressions has scant binding structural integrity.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 July 2024
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“Digression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digression. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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