digression

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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Recent Examples of digression To add to the information overload, there are flashbacks, self-aware references to classic whodunits, digressions into White House lore presumably mined from Kate Andersen Brower’s book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, which inspired the show. Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025 That’s just one of many tangential critiques the director lobs at Brazilian society in a movie that might have clocked in well under two hours without such digressions. Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 May 2025 Told in a fragmentary narrative filled with digression (and interjections from the author), Khoury’s novel tackles themes of identity and oppression that are incredibly relevant today. Nate Zipp, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025 An odd digression into the origins of Mormonism recalls the specious race-and-crime history in Killers of the Flower Moon, which gave us DeNiro’s most repulsive characterization to date, a portrait as revealing as Dorian Gray’s. Armond White, National Review, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for digression
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tangent
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  • But its event this year seemed tighter than usual, with fewer of the athletes that regularly participate going off on verbal tangents or taking up time for humorous asides.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 13 May 2025
  • KickStarter Back on tangent: The EufyMake E1 isn't just about slapping some color onto a surface.
    Joe Salas May 10, New Atlas, 10 May 2025

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“Digression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digression. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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