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
  • Instead of averting a partisan battle, the delay ignited one.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Youth entrepreneurship can be a solution to averting the looming crisis of climate impact.
    Tony O. Elumelu, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of averting
Verb
  • To-date, the brand has bought back 11,000 items, diverting 17,000 pounds of clothing from landfills.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This piece of tech reduces the sniper’s signature by muffling or diverting the sound (some can divert them 90 degrees away from the barrel) and also reduces muzzle flash.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of diverting
Verb
  • Ronan is the first to admit that an introspective drama about overcoming addiction isn’t the most commercial prospect in an ever-shifting film landscape.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Tesla has been steering away from its electric vehicle (EV) roots, shifting focus towards artificial intelligence and robotics.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of shifting
Verb
  • In reality, the sites try to dupe users into downloading malware programs that can secretly steal passwords, internet cookies, and other sensitive data from their PCs by redirecting them to a new domain that hosts the malicious payload.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Unlike private sector companies, government agencies do not have the luxury of quickly redirecting budgets and staff from underperforming departments to promising new initiatives.
    Gustav Jeppesen, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of redirecting
Verb
  • The report noted that consumers have adapted through several different strategies, including stocking up during sales and switching from name brands to private label products.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • At the end of the day, switching to a subscription model requires customer experience and customer satisfaction acumen.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of switching
Verb
  • But this summer, San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan worked around the state law by dismissing murder and attempted murder charges against two 15-year-olds and transferring them to a federal district court for prosecution.
    Axios San Diego, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Adopt Federated Machine Learning Adopting federated machine learning allows companies to protect users’ identities by processing data locally, without transferring it to a central server.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of transferring
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