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as in tangents
a departure from the subject under consideration
this may well appear to be a divagation at first, but I hope to establish the relevance
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as in deviations
a turning away from a course or standard
a self-consciously "literary" novel that represents a major divagation from traditional narrative
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Noun
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Her words prove true throughout his interview, during which Glover opens up for the first time about his life with Alzheimer's disease, often toggling between unfinished thoughts and poetic personal tangents.
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Patients call from noisy environments, talk over the system, go on tangents and don't finish sentences.
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In the book, the Senator is a man — Paul Thurman — but Yost previously confirmed that the show makes significant deviations from the source material.
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The Air units appear in an even darker black than the Fragment edition, and the only deviations in color arrive in the form of white branding on the insole and within the negative space created by the Air outsole.
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Recruitment processes are described as clearer and more aligned following the departures of Daniel Levy, the former executive chairman who was deposed in September last year, and ex-managing director of football Fabio Paratici.
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The Kansas City Royals continue to be hamstrung untimely departures.
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“Divagations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divagations. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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