1
as in bypassed
to avoid by going around
we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium
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as in deviated
to change one's course or direction
we had to detour for a few miles around the section of highway under construction
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Recent Examples of detoured
On our way back, Williams detoured slightly.
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Susan Casey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Westbound traffic on Southwest Seventh Street will be detoured at 12th Avenue.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
At midnight Wednesday night, all lanes on the upper level will be closed at the bridge location, with vehicles detoured to Upper East Way and Upper West Way.
—City News Service, Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
Arapahoe County During the closure, traffic was detoured to the on and off ramps since the crash happened between ramps.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
More than a dozen bus routes will be detoured due to road closures along the marathon route, SacRT said.
—Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Visitors will be detoured to the Piedmont Road exit, which will become a rerouted entrance with a temporary two-way traffic signal.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
Metro has detoured eight of 10 buses from one Government Square stop Downtown for more than a month at the direction of Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Nov. 2025
Weekend traffic on westbound I-94 will be detoured from northbound I-35E to westbound Minnesota Highway 36 to southbound Minnesota Highway 280.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detoured
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Harbaugh bypassed him twice for the defensive coordinator job, but there was a sense by the Ravens that he’s even better suited to be an NFL head coach because of his ability to lead, communicate and command a room.—
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Institutions were obstacles to be blamed or bypassed.—
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Travis Scott has deviated very little from drab colors on his Air Jordan 1s.—
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Everything should have been the same for Amorim at United in theory, except there was a curious moment on day one when the Portuguese deviated from the script.—
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The trio avoided politics because Patti's beliefs differed from Ronald and Nancy's conservative perspectives.—
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Some, especially those who deliberately avoided Amazon, said they should have been asked for their consent.—
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Bryant turned the ball over 17 times and allowed Jonesboro (13-7, 1-1) to score repeatedly in transition.—
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Owens turned herself into Long Beach police Wednesday, and she was booked on $200,000 bail.—
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In Washington, the president believes that might makes right, that the courts are simply speed bumps, not stop signs — that democracy is a nuisance to be circumvented.—
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What happened this weekend circumvented all of that.—
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At the end of Monday's live Atlas demonstration, the humanoid prototype swung its arms in a theatrical gesture to introduce a static model of the new product version of Atlas, which looked slightly different and was blue in color.—
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The Chiefs’ special teams also never swung the field with a return for a touchdown.—
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The Colorado Department of Transportation will try again on Monday to recover a snowplow that veered off a highway and became stuck earlier this week.—
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After the shots, the SUV veered into two parked cars.—
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“Detoured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detoured. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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