sidetracks

verb

present tense third-person singular of sidetrack
as in deviates

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidetracks
  1. deviates
  2. averts
  3. diverts
  4. deflects
  5. swerves
  6. redirects
  7. switches
  8. shifts
Verb
  • According to the distillery, the whiskey is made using the same distillation and barrel-entry proof as the core bourbon, but then deviates from there.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 July 2026
  • The Washington Post spoke to seven current and former National Park Service staffers who said the policy deviates from the agency’s long-standing approach to release as much information as possible.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of deviates
Verb
  • The author's experience shows caution, though slower, averts problems, contrasting with industry's rapid deployments that often encounter issues.
    — Shannon McKeen, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The deal averts a ballot referendum that backers from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association said would’ve reigned in expansive local real estate taxes.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of averts
Verb
  • Her peer on the city payroll diverts up to 9% of every paycheck into funds paying today’s retirees — even though those funds’ ability to pay her own retirement is in doubt.
    — Stuart Loren, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • Where the film diverts from the norm lies in the unique, complicated characters and their weird, tortured even touching relationships.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
Definition of diverts
Verb
  • Porsha deflects, saying Drew ruined the mood.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • Root deflects credit for its hilarity.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
Definition of deflects
Verb
  • The elegant staging tries to compensate, but the performers have to rely a little too heavily on their own charms to make up the difference in a play that swerves unexpectedly at the end into a cutesy fairy tale.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • At times comical, each of these stories swerves and plunges deep into dark truths of human nature.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Definition of swerves
Verb
  • Deadheading keeps flowers from using energy to go to seed, and redirects it toward more growth.
    — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 8 July 2026
  • This landmark judgment preserves core American self-governance and redirects future immigration policy discussions to Congress and voters.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of redirects
Verb
  • The Empire State Building frequently switches up its lighting scheme to commemorate special events throughout the year.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026
  • Sweden half-clear the ball, but only as far as Ao Tanaka, who immediately switches the play again over to the left, where Kamada is there to meet it on the volley — but hits it straight at the goalkeeper.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of switches
Verb
  • Even fewer have the potential to do something profound and ignite a new narrative about a place that shifts how an entire neighborhood, city, or even a country is preceived from the outside in.
    — Peter Lane Taylor, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • For California, this typically shifts the winter jet stream farther south, potentially bringing more storms to Southern California, according to NOAA.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of shifts
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