divert
verb (used with object)
to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
will divert
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future tenseof divert.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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CMA CGM said its vessels with shipments to or from Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Yemen, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia will divert to contingency ports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
With their typical route unavailable, drivers will divert toward other roadways, creating congestion that radiates outward from the blocked roadway.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2024
The damages could carry an eight-figure cost; the revenue-sharing piece will divert millions annually in future media dollars from the schools to the athletes.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Other experts worry that paying for expensive weight-loss medications will divert funding away from coverage for other medical treatments.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 16, 2023
Oldendorf, that would be something for you—there is virtue and humanity in the theme; writing will divert you, and you owe the paper an article because you forbade the feud.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various
