as in swung
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 redirected
Guests who are, as a result, prevented from booking an entire home, are instead redirected to book private room listings and hotels on the Airbnb platform.
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Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
The crash caused all lanes of the Long Island Expressway in both directions to be closed into the morning hours of June 30, and traffic headed to the Queens borough was being redirected, city officials said.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
No shovel would finish in time, so Heracles redirected two rivers and let the water do the work in a day.
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Maman Ibrahim,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Later that year, Congress redirected funds from the dome completion to support the Union war effort.
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Allison M. Prasch,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
Ten minutes later, Fiston Mayele pounced and redirected a shot into the back of the Uzbek net and the party was officially on.
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Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
For the Grand project, that could be up to $109 million in taxes redirected from various sources at certain percentages — such as food and beverage taxes, earnings taxes on employees and public safety sales tax — for 23 or 30 years, alongside a possible special 1% sales tax.
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Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2026
But that explanation arrives only after Springfield redirected transportation dollars toward transit and then proposed asking motorists for more money.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
After more talk of intimate moments that occurred during the shoot, and a few anecdotes about nipples, Shaver then redirected the conversation, lighting things up in her characteristic way.
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Elaina Patton,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
The crash caused all lanes of the Long Island Expressway in both directions to be closed into the morning hours of June 30, and traffic headed to the Queens borough was being redirected, city officials said.
—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
No shovel would finish in time, so Heracles redirected two rivers and let the water do the work in a day.
—
Maman Ibrahim,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Later that year, Congress redirected funds from the dome completion to support the Union war effort.
—
Allison M. Prasch,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
Ten minutes later, Fiston Mayele pounced and redirected a shot into the back of the Uzbek net and the party was officially on.
—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
For the Grand project, that could be up to $109 million in taxes redirected from various sources at certain percentages — such as food and beverage taxes, earnings taxes on employees and public safety sales tax — for 23 or 30 years, alongside a possible special 1% sales tax.
—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2026
But that explanation arrives only after Springfield redirected transportation dollars toward transit and then proposed asking motorists for more money.
—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
After more talk of intimate moments that occurred during the shoot, and a few anecdotes about nipples, Shaver then redirected the conversation, lighting things up in her characteristic way.
—
Elaina Patton,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redirected
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Bobrovsky’s hope didn’t truly run out until Florida swung a trade for Jacob Markstrom, a deal that was finalized early Tuesday afternoon.
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Never count out Tim Connelly, who swung the massive trades that brought Gobert and Ball to Minnesota and shipped off Karl-Anthony Towns days before training camp two years ago, but the Wolves will likely be looking elsewhere for a starting forward.
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Volatile, quarrelsome, dogmatic, and sure of his own brilliance, Reinhold outraged patrons, amassed huge debts, and turned his eldest son into an exhausted workhorse.
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Paraguay seemed to fade after the Mbappé goal, but turned it on again late, forcing Mike Maignan to make his first save of the day about 89 and a half minutes into the match.
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Now, that excess gets diverted into the Austerlitz basin instead, where it’s held deep underground until the weather clears, then pumped gradually to treatment plants outside the city.
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Hotels are offering 50% discounts, schools, mosques and sports halls have been prepared to house mourners, and bus and rail networks are being diverted to serve the main events.
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Aceh’s Sharia court ordered the two people to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissing without being married.
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Impress party-goers with this Fourth of July colored layered dessert starring fresh berries, angel food cake, and whipped topping.
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On the subsequent rebound, the ball found Kovačić at the top of the box, but his right-footed volley was barely deflected over the net by Diogo Costa.
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The 18-year-old Barcelona sensation played his longest stretch of the tournament before coming off in the 85th minute, moments after Austria defender David Alaba deflected Yamal’s hard shot off the goal line.
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This is one of the missions originally awarded to United Launch Alliance under the NSSL Phase 2 contracts, but shifted to SpaceX after delays in ULA’s Vulcan certification.
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The rise of dopamine decor has shifted our perspective from designing our homes for others' enjoyment to reimagining our dwellings as havens that spark our own happiness.
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“Redirected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redirected. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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