Thesaurus / detour
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Sure, an IPO is usually regarded as a road to riches, but there’s many a speed bump, detour, and dead-end on that hoped-for path to bundles of cash — especially in the presently buoyant ad tech land.
CHEATSHEET: PUBMATIC PLOTS PATH TO GROWTH AS A PUBLIC AD TECH VENDORSEB JOSEPHDECEMBER 10, 2020DIGIDAYSo Mankiewicz’s decision to target Hearst was shocking, and the explanation for it requires a detour into Mankiewicz’s long and winding biography.
THE TANGLED HISTORY BEHIND DAVID FINCHER’S MANK — AND ITS LINK TO CITIZEN KANE — EXPLAINEDALISSA WILKINSONDECEMBER 4, 2020VOXShe said a detour was set up around the area, but traffic was backed up for about three miles.
I-81 CLOSED NEAR HARRISONBURG AFTER TRUCK STRIKES OVERPASSDANA HEDGPETHNOVEMBER 12, 2020WASHINGTON POSTIf you’re planning on attending or booking a separate trip, keep these adventure detours in mind.
27 EPIC TRIPS TO START PLANNING NOWTHE EDITORSSEPTEMBER 8, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEIn order to see why, we need to take a brief detour through the philosophy of mathematics.
ANIMALS THAT CAN DO MATH UNDERSTAND MORE LANGUAGE THAN WE THINKERIK NELSONJUNE 14, 2020SINGULARITY HUB Leaving the main road a detour of a few miles enabled us to visit Crowland Abbey shortly before reaching Peterborough.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYHad we known of this at the time, a short detour would have taken us through its quaint streets.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYThe much-desired inn soon appeared, but, to the surprise of Gorenflot, Chicot caused him to make a detour and pass round the back.
CHICOT THE JESTERALEXANDRE DUMAS, PEREThree armed with Winchesters made a long detour and dropped quietly into the sage-brush just beyond accurate pistol-range.
BLAZED TRAIL STORIESSTEWART EDWARD WHITEThe enemy opened fire without delay, so the Yeomanry had to make a wide detour.
THE RELIEF OF MAFEKINGFILSON YOUNGWORDS RELATED TO DETOUR
- aberration
- alteration
- alterity
- crotch
- deflection
- departure
- detour
- deviation
- digression
- disagreeing
- discrepancy
- disparity
- dissemblance
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- distinction
- divagation
- divergency
- diversity
- division
- fork
- mutation
- otherness
- parting
- radiation
- ramification
- separation
- turning
- unlikeness
- variety
- varying
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