diverted

Example Sentences

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So many microchips are being diverted to AI data centers that there aren’t enough left for consumer devices, and it’s starting to affect the price of tech products.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

It required 50% of all green and food waste be diverted by 2020; by 2025, that number was supposed to hit 75%.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

“I’ve yet to see it. We found it. We immediately diverted it.”

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

What the projection doesn’t capture is how much of the wealth meant for heirs gets diverted along the way.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

It had involved extra work for our staffers, for the theater, for the waiters at the restaurant, for the people whose cars had been diverted off Sixth Avenue, for the police on the street.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama