detour
noun
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
will detour
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future tenseof detour.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Others will detour in their cars but find traffic congestion on surface streets, and there are still more people who will carpool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
Cross-lake Metro routes 255, 271, 542 and 545 will detour via I-90.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
Because of the road closures, the Mount Vernon Square Metro station will be closed and buses will detour around the affected areas.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022
It is not clear yet whether Mr. Gingrich will detour south, but he has always called South Carolina his firewall, and he organized there earlier and more effectively than he did anywhere else.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2012
Some of them will detour around it and continue on their way.
From Time Magazine Archive
