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
This Pearl Jam/jizz/peyote digression occurs after an opening Nineties trivia question about grunge frontmen.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
That is why the film is not just telling a story in a totally straightforward way, but makes these kinds of little cinematic digressions.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Worthy of a digression is the business PSG and their sporting director Luis Campos did this season.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Please forgive these digressions.
—Literary Hub, 21 June 2016
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
That is why the film is not just telling a story in a totally straightforward way, but makes these kinds of little cinematic digressions.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Worthy of a digression is the business PSG and their sporting director Luis Campos did this season.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Please forgive these digressions.
—Literary Hub, 21 June 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for digression
tangent
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Comprising a mix of anxiety, cerebral tangents, and a dash of absurdist whimsy, Nancherla’s first full-length special Hopeful Potato, directed by Eliza Skinner, premieres December 15.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
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While giving an address, Trump went on a tangent about Meloni's physical appearance.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Digression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digression. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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