Thesaurus results for DIGRESSES

digresses

verb

present tense third-person singular of digress

as in wanders

to speak or write about something that is different from the main subject being discussed He digressed so often that it was hard to follow what he was saying. If I can digress for a moment, I'd like to briefly mention her earlier films.

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Recent Examples of digresses Trump has been staging rallies around the country to sell his economic agenda, but often digresses into other issues. — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 5 July 2026 The two-hour conversation quickly digresses from the record and encompasses topics like fatherhood, politics, the dangers of television advertising, and just about anything else that flits through John and Yoko’s minds. — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 15 May 2026 Semple’s writing is warm and absurdly funny but also occasionally devastating—as when, roughly midway through the book, Adora digresses into recalling her experiences writing for a comedy show in the 1990s. — The Atlantic, 14 May 2026

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This one stars Cox himself as a mysterious and formidable old man in an undertaker’s suit and parson’s hat who wanders into an Arizona border town in 1890 to gather the names of dead Mexican laborers.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
Sometimes, my mind wanders to a question that feels inconceivable.

— Ayana Lage, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026

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Walsh’s spaceship deviates from many of the vessels seen in Star Wars, as those ships are often dirty and grubby to emphasize their use and wear.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
And the days are coming when AI is meaningfully involved in clinical care, beyond just transcribing our own words, and the follow-up recommendation deviates from the standard of care.

— Frances Mei Hardin, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026

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