as in deviation
a turning away from a course or standard
we'll regard this relapse as just a brief detour on your road to recovery from substance abuse
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as in to bypass
to avoid by going around
we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium
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Recent Examples of detour
Evan Perez, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
And after a rare blue-state detour in Coachella, California, on Sunday, Republican nominee former President Donald Trump will also return to battleground states in the coming days.
—Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
Traffic will be detoured via I-471 and I-275 West to I-71/I-75 or via Ronald Reagan and I-75 South.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2024
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The issue first arose at an October 11 hearing in Fort Worth, where O’Connor worked through the routine details of the plea deal before taking a sharp detour to ask why the Justice Department included DEI considerations in choosing a monitor.
—Evan Perez, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
And after a rare blue-state detour in Coachella, California, on Sunday, Republican nominee former President Donald Trump will also return to battleground states in the coming days.
—Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Verb
The transcript of the audio is wide-ranging and bizarre, with Sterling detouring at one point to talk about the treatment of Black Jews in Israel to justify his own views on race.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
Traffic will be detoured via I-471 and I-275 West to I-71/I-75 or via Ronald Reagan and I-75 South.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detour
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There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Transcriptions of episodes of the Outside Podcast are created with a mix of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain some grammatical errors or slight deviations from the audio.Outside Online, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
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The initiative amends the state penal code to allow prosecutors to bypass the $950 threshold that separates petty theft, a misdemeanor, from grand theft, a felony.Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Read more Coronavirus Walking Pneumonia: Voters Warned To Take Precautions At Polls These proteins are also used as targets by immune systems and vaccinations, so changes in their structure can allow the virus to bypass the body's defenses more easily.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Harris didn't deviate much from her standard stump speech in West Allis, Michigan, a Milwaukee suburb of Milwaukee.Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
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This confession follows the recent season 14 reunion, which deviated from the traditional reunion.Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The departure follows months of disagreement over Super Micro Computer’s governance practices and board independence.Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Ross’s decision to retire was well-documented but Klineman informed the AVP of her imminent departure from volleyball just five days ago.Aaron Heisen, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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It's since gotten harder to circumvent, but there are still ways to get around the ban.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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And while these models have stronger guardrails built in to prevent misuse, many people have found ways to ‘jailbreak’ them, effectively circumventing these guardrails.Tharin Pillay, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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Pearsall turned upfield and raced Antoine Winfield Jr. down the sideline, stiff-arming the Tampa Bay safety and fighting off his tackle to reach the end zone just before being hauled out of bounds.Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Copied Share Bengals turn the ball over on downs Rohan Nadkarni The Bengals went 49 yards in 11 plays, but the Ravens stopped them on 4th-and-3.NBC News, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The MacBook and Mac mini have traditionally avoided the iPhone's rainbow of color options, usually sticking to sedate bare metal and gray or silver finishes.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Last year, France proposed a ban on social media for those under 15, though users were able to avoid the ban with parental consent.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Swing states nearby:Ohio neighbors Michigan, Pennsylvania could swing election.Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
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Performers swing from lampposts suspended from above as pin-sharp projections turn the stage into city streets followed by a marble floor, a grassy landscape with autumn leaves blowing in the wind and an ocean which ripples.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Detour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detour. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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