digression
noun
di·gres·sion
dī-ˈgre-shən 
də-
1
: the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
Every place Hamilton, his parents, or his wife visited over a century's time is described at length; everyone he met merits at least a minor biographical digression.—
Willard Sterne Randall
Willard Sterne Randall2
archaic
: a going aside
Examples of digression in a Sentence
the professor's frequent and extended digressions are the stuff of campus legend
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His whole digression into crypto bros and podcast listeners has been all over my For You pages this week, and for good reason.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2024
As Tomlinson asks Chocolate about their dating decisions at 4:14, the audience seems delighted to leave the heavy topics of mental illness and fatherly failure and follow her on a Gary Gulman–esque digression into fantasyland.
—John Roy, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Prone to digression and omission, the Narrator is elusive despite his constant chattering.
—Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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—Mindy Sink, The Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2024
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David Pierce, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2024
As Tomlinson asks Chocolate about their dating decisions at 4:14, the audience seems delighted to leave the heavy topics of mental illness and fatherly failure and follow her on a Gary Gulman–esque digression into fantasyland.
—John Roy, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Prone to digression and omission, the Narrator is elusive despite his constant chattering.
—Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
First, a slight digression: Meow Wolf’s Convergence Station in Denver is a wild assemblage of storytelling, colors, lights, and sounds about fictional alien worlds.
—Mindy Sink, The Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Digression.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digression. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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