Thesaurus results for RECHANNEL

rechannel

verb

Definition of rechannel

as in to divert

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Recent Examples of rechannel But his camp imagination soon ran way too wild and his efforts to rechannel bygone allure bordered on the carnivalesque. — Nathan Smith, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023

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Verb

The shenanigans ultimately prove slight but undeniably diverting.

— Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
The $10 million, part of a settlement offered by a company that overcharged Medicaid, was diverted into other hands, starting with the Hope Florida Foundation, the favorite charity of First Lady Casey DeSantis.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of divert

Verb

Only emergency vehicles will be permitted access, and law enforcement will be redirecting non-emergency traffic and assisting local residents, as needed.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026
Frondell redirected Tyler Bertuzzi’s wrist shot from the point past a surprised DiPietro early in the second period for his second career two-goal game.

— Jim Fuller, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of redirect

Verb

But in Central Asia, far from the empire’s center, local artists sometimes used the mosaics to deviate from the official agenda.

— Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026
But over time, due to a variety of systems issues with obtaining certain medications, the lethal injection protocol has deviated from the standard devised by Chapman.

— M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of deviate

Verb

Inside, a pilot and promising young co-pilot desperately tried to avert disaster for all on board, including a couple with two young children, a family caregiver and two others – all en route from Texas to the Bahamas.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
The annual meetings aim to avert a major regional conflict and strengthen defense cooperation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of avert

Verb

Meanwhile, Trumpworld searched frantically for scapegoats to deflect blame that the electoral bloodbath was a rebuke of the president and his agenda.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
On Sunday, Stevens deflected questions about what led to her reversal in an interview with Cooper.

— Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of deflect

Verb

The music as a whole seems to reflect all of this moment-to-moment action at a larger structural level, shifting from one overlapping movement to the next according to the same fractal geometry that governs the beat.

— Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
His Iowa appearance was moved from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids, only for plans to shift back to Dubuque hours later, according to a person familiar with the planning who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of shift

Verb

Since it was sequestered, Tuscan taxpayers have paid more than $15 million for the skeleton crew, some of whom are British and others Russian, which switches out several times a year, according to local press reports.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
For freelancers and small business owners handling several content formats, that range reduces the need to switch workspaces.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of switch

Verb

This is where the belief that began with one entrepreneur starts transferring to other people.

— Jerry Bobb, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
The records show between July of 2025, when ORR began placing pregnant girls in South Texas, and May of 2026, four of them had to be transferred to other states to receive medical treatment.

— Mark Betancourt, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026

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