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divert

[dih-vurt, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜrt, daɪ- /




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Both support the effort to divert some 911 calls away from the Los Angeles Police Department, shifting them to unarmed responders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

And she opposed the $2.6-billion upgrade of the Convention Center, saying it would divert funds away from core city services.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The risk is that SpaceX and the coming IPO filing from OpenAI could divert even more attention away from Nvidia, as investors jockey for exposure to new AI names.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

On Monday, Musk's lawyers are expected to try to convince the jury that Microsoft, by investing in OpenAI in 2019, knew it was helping divert a nonprofit foundation from its original purpose.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

To divert him, I asked a question that I needed answered anyway.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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