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as in entertainments
someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment
a scavenger hunt was organized as a diversion for the guests at the party
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as in amusements
the act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public
movies and television became two of the most popular and influential diversions of the 20th century
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as in deviations
a turning away from a course or standard
carefully weighed testimony that did not contain the slightest diversion from the truth
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Recent Examples of diversions
Demand that public school funding becomes the top priority and that public schools actually do receive at least 2% increases in real money without misleading hidden diversions to private vouchers and charters.
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Dr. Tony Lux, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
However, in the specific Heathrow case, the sheer volume of diversions quickly saturated the UK’s diversion capacity, forcing many flights to reroute to airports overseas.
—Guglielmo Lulli, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
The disruption led to midair turnarounds, last-minute diversions to other countries, passengers boarding planes that never took off and a knock-on effect on air travel across the globe.
—Francesca Street, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Not waste time on glib and self-flattering diversions.
—Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
The mass diversions ended up tacking on one-to-two weeks’ worth of travel for any cargo going from Asia to Europe, or westward shipments from Asia to North and South America.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2025
The Islanders provided islanders one of the few diversions during the awful summer of 2020, when the Islanders returned from the COVID pause and made the NHL semifinals in the Canada bubble.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The Red Sea diversions have driven the widening divergence in the two indices since the beginning of 2024, according to Linerlytica.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2025
Sunday’s flight diversions come amid a string of incidents involving aircraft safety in recent weeks.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
Dr. Tony Lux, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
However, in the specific Heathrow case, the sheer volume of diversions quickly saturated the UK’s diversion capacity, forcing many flights to reroute to airports overseas.
—Guglielmo Lulli, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
The disruption led to midair turnarounds, last-minute diversions to other countries, passengers boarding planes that never took off and a knock-on effect on air travel across the globe.
—Francesca Street, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Not waste time on glib and self-flattering diversions.
—Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
The mass diversions ended up tacking on one-to-two weeks’ worth of travel for any cargo going from Asia to Europe, or westward shipments from Asia to North and South America.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2025
The Islanders provided islanders one of the few diversions during the awful summer of 2020, when the Islanders returned from the COVID pause and made the NHL semifinals in the Canada bubble.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The Red Sea diversions have driven the widening divergence in the two indices since the beginning of 2024, according to Linerlytica.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2025
Sunday’s flight diversions come amid a string of incidents involving aircraft safety in recent weeks.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diversions
Noun
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This allows quality deviations to be found more quickly, which is intended to lead to less recalls down the line when products are already in customer hands, among other things.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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The parents draw us into their earnest struggle to repress their horror at their children’s deviations from religious norms.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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One of the key departures, without a replacement, was backup quarterback Cooper Rush.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2025
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The departures of Gillespie, Rice, Gapare and Young leave Maryland with a depleted roster.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
31 Mar. 2025
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To say more would spoil the fun, but what this film demonstrates clearly is the exceptional filmmaking talent of Coogler and his team, mostly who all worked on his other films.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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And to get the tournament unofficially started, the annual Par 3 Contest tradition brought some lighthearted family fun Wednesday.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Diversions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diversions. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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