distraction

On Sunday, the president said he will not attend the hearing in person as he did not want to cause a distraction.

Roughly half the 50 U.S. states have imposed some form of cellphone ban in school classrooms, on the logic that fewer distractions result in more learning.

The announcement comes shortly after Andrew gave up the title of Duke of York, hoping to end the “distraction” his scandal caused.

There’s just too much noise out there — too many distractions.

The launch of that program led to a lot of distraction and pulled attention away from the company’s core business.