detour
noun
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
has detoured
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present perfectof detour (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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One woman, whose open journal makes clear that she is a talented watercolorist, has detoured by camper van into McCarthy during a move out of Alaska.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
Cruz has detoured from next-to-vote New York to speak to the Republican Jewish Coalition, while Trump and John Kasich declined the group’s invitations.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2016
Our pi-themed movement has detoured through pie-themed activities.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2015
The high-end market has detoured dramatically from the posh, living-room-on-wheels tradition of Cadillacs and Lincolns that once defined upper-middle-class status.
From Time Magazine Archive
