as in turning
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 redirecting
In the past, Ogles has spoken about his strategy of keeping campaign operations lean while redirecting donors to super PACs that later made independent expenditures supporting his campaign.
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Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
From that perspective, a human existence is a tangle of complex competing commitments, emotions, capabilities, and character traits, not crisp either/or choices about redirecting a trolley car.
—Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025
The White House has argued that the compact will strengthen free speech on campus by protecting conservative viewpoints and redirecting resources toward the sciences.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The project involves filling 230 feet of Channel B and redirecting its water through a wide wetland area that includes three shallow pools in order to filter the bacterial contaminants.
—Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
The plan also draws on redirecting corporate income tax revenues and removing the 6% sales tax from fuel sales to allow for a 20-cent-per-gallon hike in the fuel tax, while leaving the price paid at the pump about the same.
—Paul Egan, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Though the tiny asteroid posed no threat to Earth, NASA had set out to test a method of redirecting the orbital paths of threatening objects hurtling toward Earth.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
And diverting and redirecting waste from landfills, whether through recycling or reusing, boosts crew morale on film sets.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Essentially, soft and joyful music may reduce this effect by easing emotional tension, redirecting attention and calming physiological responses triggered by motion sickness.
—New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
From that perspective, a human existence is a tangle of complex competing commitments, emotions, capabilities, and character traits, not crisp either/or choices about redirecting a trolley car.
—Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025
The White House has argued that the compact will strengthen free speech on campus by protecting conservative viewpoints and redirecting resources toward the sciences.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The project involves filling 230 feet of Channel B and redirecting its water through a wide wetland area that includes three shallow pools in order to filter the bacterial contaminants.
—Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
The plan also draws on redirecting corporate income tax revenues and removing the 6% sales tax from fuel sales to allow for a 20-cent-per-gallon hike in the fuel tax, while leaving the price paid at the pump about the same.
—Paul Egan, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Though the tiny asteroid posed no threat to Earth, NASA had set out to test a method of redirecting the orbital paths of threatening objects hurtling toward Earth.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
And diverting and redirecting waste from landfills, whether through recycling or reusing, boosts crew morale on film sets.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Essentially, soft and joyful music may reduce this effect by easing emotional tension, redirecting attention and calming physiological responses triggered by motion sickness.
—New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redirecting
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Families are turning dinner into an activity by using pizza dough or premade crusts to mold fun, spooky shapes, like ghosts, pumpkins, and bats, before topping them with sauce, cheese, and all their favorite fixings.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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With income inequality growing and more seniors falling into poverty each year, this is an ominous sign for the largest surge of Americans turning 65 daily in history, experts said.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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Russia could, however, refill it with water from the Black Sea, as today Russia is diverting so much water from the Caspian that its levels are going down fast.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
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No tax dollars go into the Aviation budget, and federal rules on money earned from air travel restrict local governments from diverting airport revenue to pay for general government expenses.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Amy Sedaris were sitting front row, with Parker whipping out her phone to film Reese.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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While summer may be over, nothing is stopping you from whipping this thing out for the holiday season.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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Many hostage families have blamed the Israeli leader for prolonging the war, deflecting responsibility for the October 7 attacks, and sabotaging negotiations around the release of the hostages and an end to the war.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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One of them skimmed past Joonas Korpisalo after deflecting off Tanner Jeannot.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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While Norris was able to catch and pass Leclerc for second place twice, Piastri only faded from the lead battle, his attention instead shifting to the Mercedes of George Russell lurking behind in his mirrors.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Israel’s offensives displaced most of Gaza’s population, forcing more than two million people to run for safety to the shifting patches of land the Israeli military described as humanitarian zones.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Redirecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redirecting. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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