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diverting

[dih-vur-ting, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜr tɪŋ, daɪ- /
ADJECTIVE
amusing
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I am pleased to report that we paid off our mortgage, continue to work and have pivoted to diverting some required minimum distributions and earnings to help pay our grandchild’s tuition.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Obiang's government has also been accused of corruption and diverting the country's oil revenues for the benefit of the elite, which it denies.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Adding payments directly on X also opens the company up to native social commerce that bypasses traditional e-commerce checkout flows, potentially diverting volume from PayPal’s “crown jewel,” its branded-checkout button, according to Dolev.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Liaw pleaded not guilty to charges of diverting U.S.-assembled servers to China, while the company stated it has a robust compliance program.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

With no more than a brief conversation, Darwin had inserted a sluice into de Vries’s darting mind, diverting it forever.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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