sidetracking

verb

Definition of sidetrackingnext
present participle of sidetrack
as in deviating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidetracking
  1. averting
  2. diverting
  3. shifting
  4. redirecting
  5. switching
  6. transferring
Verb
  • Carter quickly intervened with Israeli authorities to work out a solution that allowed Palestinians with appropriate ID cards to cast their ballots, even if their names weren't on the lists, averting wider problems that could have marred the process.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Then on January 5 of this year, a door plug on an Alaska Airlines MAX 9 blew out causing an uncontrolled decompression and narrowly averting another fatal accident.
    Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of averting
Verb
  • An amendment proposed by Councilman Mark Jeffreys called for diverting I-71 and I-75 southbound to eastbound I-275.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Facing the likelihood of further escalation, Tehran prioritized fortifying its defenses over diverting resources to foreign conflicts.
    Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of diverting
Verb
  • Home care workers who provide assistance to elderly and disabled Californians could see more wage equality, according to a recent labor report, by shifting contract negotiations to the state level instead of bargaining individually with California’s 56 individual counties.
    William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The combination of low humidity, dry fuels, and shifting winds has heightened the potential for spot fires and rapid expansion.
    Russell Lewis, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of shifting
Verb
  • For many manufacturers, this means redirecting resources to address vulnerabilities in products that have already been in use for years.
    Christian Espinosa, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • However, some sites in other states appear to be redirecting customers to nearby locations.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of redirecting
Verb
  • Medications Talk with your provider about switching medications, especially if your current prescription is the culprit.
    Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Instead of switching companies, employees are more likely to stay in their roles in 2025.
    Edward Tuorinsky, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of switching
Verb
  • Assad's departure also led analysts and government officials to claim that Russia may be transferring some of its military assets from Syria's Tartus naval base and Hmeimim air base to Libya.
    Hugh Cameron, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The particles are too small, however, to reflect the sun's heat-energy-transferring infrared light.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of transferring
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