deflect
verb (used with or without object)
to bend or turn aside; turn from a true course or straight line; swerve.
has deflected
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present perfectof deflect (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Cheng has deflected questions about her position, saying recently it was "premature" to discuss a final solution and what was needed now was "peaceful and stable cross-strait relations."
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
She has deflected recent questions about her future, saying this week: "I don't really have my mindset on that".
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
Her husband, Prince William, the heir apparent to the British throne, has continued to carry out his public duties and was spotted with her over the weekend, but has deflected questions about his wife’s health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
The IOC has not commented — indeed, has deflected questions — about the status of those medals, not to mention the sanctity of the competition.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022
They are creatures of environment, enmeshed in a labyrinth that has deflected and repelled the march of our nation for three hundred years.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart
