diversion
Example Sentences
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Jenkinson added: "We also saw frequent diversions to other hospitals due to staffing shortages, which may lead to distress for women who had made specific plans at their chosen hospital."
From BBC
Howard, the architect of the 1996 reforms, came out to suggest they were an "attempted diversion".
From BBC
“The application doesn’t contain future market share projections showing the combined effects of merger-related growth, diversions, and merger-influenced and other changes to market conditions that Applicants anticipate,” the agency said.
“This would be a case of trade diversion.”
It instructs prosecutors to “immediately refer the case” to be considered for the diversions program “prior to any filing action.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
