as in tangents
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 digressions
His essays — an array of digressions on meme culture, monetary theory and markets — remain widely read in crypto circles.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
These otherworldly digressions from the plot and their treatment of mortality elevate the family-friendly biopic from its more standard messaging of being yourself despite others’ opinions.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 15 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
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
These otherworldly digressions from the plot and their treatment of mortality elevate the family-friendly biopic from its more standard messaging of being yourself despite others’ opinions.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 15 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
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“Digressions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digressions. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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