digression

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Now, a brief digression, because I feel strongly about this.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

As he does in the book, the legendary actor dissects how he approached the role, adding a digression about Joseph Stalin being scariest when he went quiet.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

The settings—generic spaces such as cafés, train stations, hotel lobbies, and offices—tend to be described with similar brevity, while the detectives’ actions are recounted in prose generally lacking metaphor, simile, or fanciful digression.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

In the telescope’s view, there’s something more subtle but no less staggering lurking, too, which can best be introduced via a slight sky-watching digression.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023

But this is what is called a digression, and now I am going to go back to the fact that it was a Good Day.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon