diversionary
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of diversionary
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Healey told a Downing Street press conference on Thursday that Russia had sent an Akula class submarine as a diversionary tactic while two of its Guggi spy submarines carried out the surveillance of these cables.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
But European consumer association Foodwatch accused multinationals of focusing on thresholds as a "diversionary tactic".
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
County district attorney’s office said the defendant’s “youth and lack of a criminal record were among the factors considered in” offering him a diversionary plea deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
Earlier this week, I explained why Attorney General Bondi’s request that federal judges release grand jury transcripts in the Jeffrey Epstein prosecutions is a none-too-clever diversionary tactic.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2025
He was much better acquainted with the fate of a tribe of first cousins who had wandered away north in a diversionary movement and pushed inadvertently into Canada.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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