sidetracked

verb

past tense of sidetrack
as in deviated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidetracked
  1. deviated
  2. averted
  3. diverted
  4. shifted
  5. deflected
  6. moved
  7. redirected
  8. swerved
Verb
  • The Bengals deviated from strategy this offseason and paid for a defense.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • McInerny saw a character who deviated from the usual ingenue.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of deviated
Verb
  • Each time the door shut behind the man, Shawn had the feeling that some danger had been temporarily dodged, some crisis averted until the next day.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Boeing averted a potential strike from its white-collar union when the union on Thursday agreed to the planemaker's four-year contract proposal.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of averted
Verb
  • The flight, carrying 182 people from Dubai to Tel Aviv, was diverted to Tabuk in northwestern Saudi Arabia for an emergency landing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The aircraft that diverted to Saudi Arabia in Wednesday’s incident was a Flydubai 737 Max 8.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of diverted
Verb
  • The Dayton area has shed about half of its 90,000 factory jobs since 1990, according to federal data, after the North American Free Trade Agreement shifted many jobs to Mexico where auto parts could be made more cheaply.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, consumer priorities have shifted.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of shifted
Verb
  • Rodriguez, through four games, does have one takeaway, an impressive interception in the Chiefs game, when Pat Mahomes’ pass deflected off wide receiver Rashee Rice’s hands and bounced high into the air.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The visitors added another in the 39th minute on Sarah Schupansky‘s deflected shot.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of deflected
Verb
  • This week, SpaceX moved one step closer to its goal of building its direct-to-device Starlink Mobile service after the FCC approved the aerospace company’s application to deploy and operate 15,000 next-generation Starlink satellites.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • On the day Erica and Peter moved into 150 Charles, their attorney claims, they were greeted with a cluttered and dirty space that didn’t square with the $26,000-a-month rent.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • Optical switches work differently depending on the manufacturer, but generally, each switch contains a light beam that is redirected when the switch is depressed.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Regional traffic will be redirected to roads such as Southwest 10th Street, Powerline Road, Dixie Highway and Sample Road, and local traffic will be redirected along Military Trail and Northeast Third Avenue.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of redirected
Verb
  • Investigators believe the pickup truck swerved into the opposite lane of traffic, causing the collision.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Ditka has been losing contemporaries since July of 1964, when Willie Gallimore’s Volkswagen swerved and rolled, killing Gallimore and Bo Farrington in a training camp tragedy.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of swerved
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“Sidetracked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidetracked. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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