as in to turn
to change the course or direction of (something)
upon hearing the noise, he redirected his gaze to the window
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Recent Examples of redirect
Winger Collin Graf redirected a shot that was put toward the Sharks’ net by Kings defenseman Brandt Clarke.
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, particularly in the United States, public investment in science seems to be redirected and concentrated on AI at the expense of other disciplines.
—Bruce Schneier, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2025
According to the Springfield Daily Citizen, Simply Thai shut its doors in August with plans to redirect customers to Thai Express.
—Emily Rella, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
But before Sharks defenseman Vincent Iorio had left the penalty box, Rossi zipped a long-range pass to the net that Johansson redirected in to get Minnesota on the board.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, particularly in the United States, public investment in science seems to be redirected and concentrated on AI at the expense of other disciplines.
—Bruce Schneier, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2025
According to the Springfield Daily Citizen, Simply Thai shut its doors in August with plans to redirect customers to Thai Express.
—Emily Rella, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
But before Sharks defenseman Vincent Iorio had left the penalty box, Rossi zipped a long-range pass to the net that Johansson redirected in to get Minnesota on the board.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redirect
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Yuileta Lopez, a teen growing up in Texas, decides to turn her anger and outrage into activism.—
Amber McBride,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The surge in demand is already driving up energy prices and fueling political backlash as sprawling data centers turn into election-season flashpoints in the communities where they are being constructed.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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The election will be a test of whether Mamdani, and his focus on lowering the cost of living, can bring back nonwhite voters who swung to the right.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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When the Ferris wheel goes, the cars are supposed to swing with it, but it got stuck.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The $155,000 figure was within a range covered by insurance, and FBI investigators found that no individual donor funds were diverted before they were deposited into the Bright Futures Fund, Johnston wrote.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
6 Nov. 2025
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Videos taken by witnesses show cars diverting and driving away from the scene after capturing the fireball that lights up moments after the crash.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
5 Nov. 2025
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One idea suggests that the electron-positron pairs are deflected by weak intergalactic magnetic fields and that this bounces low-energy gamma-rays out of our line of sight.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Weak intergalactic magnetic fields are deflecting the pairs and steering the resulting GeV rays away from Earth.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Sides of salad, mushrooms, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, whipped sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, buttered corn, stuffing and cranberry sauce can be purchased a la carte.—
Elaine Rewolinski,
jsonline.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Somebody could come up and whip us.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Redirect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redirect. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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