sidetracking

verb

present participle of sidetrack
as in deviating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidetracking
  1. deviating
  2. averting
  3. deflecting
  4. diverting
  5. shifting
  6. redirecting
  7. switching
  8. veering
Verb
  • The complication shows the moon phases for both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, with a 135-tooth driving wheel that drastically enhances accuracy, deviating by just one day every 122 years.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But maybe a line between North and South Carolina, between Tennessee and Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi then deviating south to divide Louisiana and Arkansas.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of deviating
Verb
  • While people in Israel are praising the passengers and the captain as heroes for averting disaster, a broader debate is emerging over government failures that allowed something like this to happen, Lonsdorf says.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot hailed for averting a catastrophe on a FlyDubai flight, described Spice Jet incorrectly.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of averting
Verb
  • Users can stow it in their pockets, then open it up and watch a movie on its matte, light-deflecting surface.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Indeed, many have credited Lee Krasner with deflecting Pollock’s attention from Benton and focusing it on the great modern masters.
    — Barbara Rose, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of deflecting
Verb
  • The complaint accuses Love Renaissance of improperly diverting money from Walker’s touring, recording, marketing, and merchandising budgets, while charging excessive company expenses to those accounts in bad faith.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026
  • An Avianca flight heading from Colombia to New York was rocked by turbulence, diverting the plane to Miami on Friday and sending several crew members and passengers to the hospital.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of diverting
Verb
  • Jarvis sacrifices himself to stabilize Vision’s mind, deleting his code and shifting his processing power to the other AIs to keep them functional.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • This new study reveals that experimental niobium-titanium alloys can defy this rule at a freezing -253°C (20 kelvin) by spontaneously shifting their atomic structure to form mirror-image twins and generate fresh defects.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of shifting
Verb
  • This 10-minute control cuts off that reconnaissance and stops attackers from redirecting replies or password-reset messages.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • If aggressive payments have left little or nothing in reserve, temporarily redirecting some extra money to savings may help break that cycle.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of redirecting
Verb
  • Their teammate had begun the season competing in boys’ races before switching to girls’ competition.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Defensive coordinator Corey Batoon dialed up more blitzes and two-high safety coverages in the second half, switching from a first-half strategy that was full of single-high and some three-man rushes.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of switching
Verb
  • Some are veering to the right by mirroring GOP positions, like transgender exclusion from school sports.
    — Dorian Rhea Debussy, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The hurricane appeared to be veering away from the dense refining region in southern Louisiana near New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of veering
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“Sidetracking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidetracking. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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