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as in entertainments
someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment
a scavenger hunt was organized as a diversion for the guests at the party
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as in amusements
the act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public
movies and television became two of the most popular and influential diversions of the 20th century
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as in deviations
a turning away from a course or standard
carefully weighed testimony that did not contain the slightest diversion from the truth
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Recent Examples of diversions
Museums are more than just diversions or tourist attractions.
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Further, any industry that needs access to that much water has to come, because the Great Lakes Compact ensures that large-scale, long-range diversions of water outside the basin won't happen.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Location trackers that can help build cases against people and companies that violate export curbs are a decades-old tactic to catch diversions to restricted countries.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
However, in the specific Heathrow case, the sheer volume of diversions quickly saturated the UK’s diversion capacity, forcing many flights to reroute to airports overseas.
—Guglielmo Lulli, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
The disruption led to midair turnarounds, last-minute diversions to other countries, passengers boarding planes that never took off and a knock-on effect on air travel across the globe.
—Francesca Street, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Not waste time on glib and self-flattering diversions.
—Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
The mass diversions ended up tacking on one-to-two weeks’ worth of travel for any cargo going from Asia to Europe, or westward shipments from Asia to North and South America.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2025
The Islanders provided islanders one of the few diversions during the awful summer of 2020, when the Islanders returned from the COVID pause and made the NHL semifinals in the Canada bubble.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Further, any industry that needs access to that much water has to come, because the Great Lakes Compact ensures that large-scale, long-range diversions of water outside the basin won't happen.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Location trackers that can help build cases against people and companies that violate export curbs are a decades-old tactic to catch diversions to restricted countries.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
However, in the specific Heathrow case, the sheer volume of diversions quickly saturated the UK’s diversion capacity, forcing many flights to reroute to airports overseas.
—Guglielmo Lulli, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
The disruption led to midair turnarounds, last-minute diversions to other countries, passengers boarding planes that never took off and a knock-on effect on air travel across the globe.
—Francesca Street, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Not waste time on glib and self-flattering diversions.
—Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
The mass diversions ended up tacking on one-to-two weeks’ worth of travel for any cargo going from Asia to Europe, or westward shipments from Asia to North and South America.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2025
The Islanders provided islanders one of the few diversions during the awful summer of 2020, when the Islanders returned from the COVID pause and made the NHL semifinals in the Canada bubble.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diversions
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Even the smallest deviations during assembly can create measurable differences in performance.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.—
Amanda Luberto,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Mendelsohn and Aduba are delights are here as well.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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Wishing you a weekend of crunchy listens and unexpected delights.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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This week's quiz highlights autumn amusements, federal firsts — and more.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Goldie now thought that watching for owls and high-kicking with her shadow were the stale amusements of childhood.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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Ruthlessly exiling those players sent a clear message about the importance of squad harmony, but arguably handed the leverage in negotiations to buying clubs, driving down their prices and delaying their departures.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Her exit followed the departures of Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow and Emil Wakim.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Museumgoers are greeted by several recreations of wooden boats used by Native Americans.—
Chris Quintana,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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In the current Streets exhibit, museum visitors can look through storefront windows to see what's inside those recreations of historical shops.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Dickinson’s willingness to indulge these detours made the record his most fun, strange and diverse solo project yet.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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That means embracing detours as part of the plan.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The web of secrets and confessions, schemes and counterplots, short-term pleasures and far-reaching decisions, are couched in dialogue that is pugnacious, vulnerable, comedic, and sometimes richly poetic, and which feels as spontaneous as it is carefully crafted.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2025
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Despite something of a false opening promise, Last Rites is appropriately terrifying, far more successful on a scare-by-scare basis than the second or third films and a really frothy return to the aesthetic pleasures of Wan’s first Conjuring.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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Here are a few other new names to know, old names to remember, broadcast predictions and fun matchups to set the Thursday pregame off right.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Most Novelty House beds are incredibly fun, and this tree house design will delight anyone who gets to sleep within its walls.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
11 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Diversions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diversions. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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