diverted

Example Sentences

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So many microchips are being diverted to AI data centers that there aren’t enough left for consumer devices, and it’s starting to affect the price of tech products.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

Signed into law in 2016, the state’s composting bill mandated a gradual increase in the amount of organic waste that must be diverted away from landfills.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

“I’ve yet to see it. We found it. We immediately diverted it.”

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

He says that AIR converts almost all of the diverted water into ice.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

And by noon, many citizens engaged in various local enterprises were talking excitedly to each other about how feisty little Joe Mondragon had gone and diverted the water illegally into his parents’ no-account beanfield.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols