as in to turn
to change the course or direction of (something)
upon hearing the noise, he redirected his gaze to the window
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Recent Examples of redirect
If the fund ultimately moves forward, California’s law would impose a 100% state tax on payments made to California recipients, effectively redirecting the money to state funds.
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Naomi Taxay,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
No shovel would finish in time, so Heracles redirected two rivers and let the water do the work in a day.
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Maman Ibrahim,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Later that year, Congress redirected funds from the dome completion to support the Union war effort.
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Allison M. Prasch,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
Once the email safely lands in your inbox, the criminal flips a switch on the back end, redirecting that same QR code to a malicious site.
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Ken Colburn,
AZCentral.com,
29 June 2026
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Naomi Taxay,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
No shovel would finish in time, so Heracles redirected two rivers and let the water do the work in a day.
—
Maman Ibrahim,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Later that year, Congress redirected funds from the dome completion to support the Union war effort.
—
Allison M. Prasch,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
Once the email safely lands in your inbox, the criminal flips a switch on the back end, redirecting that same QR code to a malicious site.
—
Ken Colburn,
AZCentral.com,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for redirect
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redirect
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Some critics on social media counter that the gatherings risk turning spirituality into spectacle, performance and commodity all at once.
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The patriotic ball drop is scheduled to air at midnight ET on CNN as July 3 turns into July 4 in Times Square.
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Beat a prime Holloway at 170, though, and the door swings back open to the paydays he's chased since the rematch became official.
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To the fans who have watched the Warriors swing and miss on free agents and various trade targets over the last few years, watching Simons sign with another team was painful.
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Now, that excess gets diverted into the Austerlitz basin instead, where it’s held deep underground until the weather clears, then pumped gradually to treatment plants outside the city.
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Hotels are offering 50% discounts, schools, mosques and sports halls have been prepared to house mourners, and bus and rail networks are being diverted to serve the main events.
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The sequence started with Bosnian defender Stjepan Radeljic sliding in front of a Tillman pass, deflecting it forward toward Muharemovic.
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Colombia wasted no time imposing itself on the Portugal defense, taking two shots in the opening minutes, the first a header by Cordoba after a Diaz shot was deflected, and another by Rodriguez that went wide.
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Scotland carried the ball for 13 phases to enter Argentina's 22 and Hutchinson whipped an accurate long pass to Tuipulotu on the right wing who scored untouched.
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Olise kept his intentions hidden to the last, shaping up to cross the ball to the back post before sharply turning his hips and whipping his pass into the goalscorer’s path, breaking two defensive lines along the way.
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“Redirect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redirect. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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