Example Sentences

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The study, published last week in Nature Sustainability, found that an overemphasis on recycling has distracted us from better options for preventing waste.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2023

And Horner is certainly right to say that it has distracted from the on-track battle.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2022

I am inclined to think the debate over the efficacy has distracted from the main point of the study—in the case of mental health, how and whether something works both matter.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2022

“It has distracted from the point that we need to make, which is that breakthrough infections are very uncommon and your biggest risk continues to be being unvaccinated,” he said.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2021

Unless something has distracted you in the meantime, I bet you can sing back that opening Mozart phrase immediately.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall