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Its contemporary, sturdy design won’t distract you from the task at hand, but helps easily recall a date while you’re taking phone calls or mapping out your month.

They may have the sun in their eyes or become distracted by a mosquito.

Yet many business leaders are distracted from that mission at best—and, at worst, perpetuating bias themselves.

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If the ellipse persists in your visual system, your decision between the two should be slower, because the coin’s ellipse would distract you from the actual ellipse.

Getting bogged down on any specific ranking factor is not a good idea and can distract you from your business goals.

However we strain to distract ourselves, our consciousness of death heightens our awareness of evil.

“I reached out, grabbing him, trying to get his attention, trying to distract him,” Valentino told The Post.

They still just distract us from generally more substantive topics in need of our attention.

The discussion of race in the league just serves to distract from why players misbehave.

In the evenings brilliant slashes of purple and pink distract the horizon as the sun makes its way towards the sea.

He was so full of pretty ways and dainty devices for to distract my mind, I never thought of counting.

Irresponsible as he is, he must be allowed to move about without anything to distract his attention.

Home, where nothing comes to distract me from my gnawing griefs and almost intolerable thoughts.

My time was chiefly spent in talking, and listening to the conversation of others, in order to distract my attention.

He quickly loosed a deer which was tied to his saddle, but the prey was not sufficient to distract them from their purpose.

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On this page you'll find 83 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to distract, such as: amuse, bewilder, detract, disturb, divert, and entertain.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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