as in tangent
a departure from the subject under consideration
the professor's frequent and extended digressions are the stuff of campus legend
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Recent Examples of digression
Spread across a larger ensemble, with more side alleys and self-amusing authorial digressions, The Barbarians is more diffuse.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
Lots of time has passed and many digressions away from theater have encompassed Haley’s career.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Among the hundreds of artifacts are recent licensed collaborations including ones with Lacoste, Converse and Uniqlo, which saw the artist Kaws give the characters his signature Xs for eyes — a rare digression from the original line art, said Menta.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 18 Feb. 2025
After all, these are only minutes-long digressions.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
Lots of time has passed and many digressions away from theater have encompassed Haley’s career.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Among the hundreds of artifacts are recent licensed collaborations including ones with Lacoste, Converse and Uniqlo, which saw the artist Kaws give the characters his signature Xs for eyes — a rare digression from the original line art, said Menta.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 18 Feb. 2025
After all, these are only minutes-long digressions.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for digression
tangent
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Medford Police Department As their journey continued, Ford says Jones began going off on tangents.—
Lauren A. White,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Several times throughout the series, Alec will start to delve into a tangent about, well, literally anything: the history of the Hamptons, the history of Long Island, the ocean, the Suffolk County water authority, old houses in their neighborhood.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Digression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digression. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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