Thesaurus results for DIGRESSION

digression

noun

dī-ˈgre-shən

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 Hunt and his director, Ashley Rodbro, build in some visual variety, whether that means screening one of Hunt’s public access sketches, cringy, or a digression into a lighting design demo, a nod to Hunt’s Illinois State degree in lighting design (and acting). —

Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 Problem solving may also suffer without these low-effort digressions. —

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026 Such digressions could pose a problem in the future as the possibilities of human colonies in space become more likely. —

Devika Rao, TheWeek, 9 Apr. 2026 One of Scarpetta’s digressions in particular is damaging to the show’s fortunes. —

Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for digression

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tangent

Noun

The show includes a nightly improv section where Mindelle launches into extended tangents about everything from celebrity relationships to political scandals to whatever headline happened to hijack her brain that afternoon.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
But first, go on a brief tangent with me.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 May 2026