detour
noun
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
detours
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pluralof detour.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof detour (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
detournouna roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
Example Sentences
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Flyovers speed traffic while forcing pedestrians into hazardous detours below.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
He next found himself taking detours to cover new streets in Northeast Los Angeles as he’d ride to and from Koreatown Run Club meet-ups at Los Angeles Community College.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
One of the night’s longest detours centered on Trump’s planned White House ballroom.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Born in Italy into a family of bricklayers, Rucci spent his youth in Youngstown, Ohio, and carved a path as a land-use attorney and developer with a few detours along the way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Some sections were gone altogether, and there were interminable, long detours and many changes of train.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
