diversionary

diversion | American Dictionary

diversion
noun
us/dɪˈvɜr·ʒən, dɑɪ-/

diversionnoun (CHANGE OF DIRECTION)

[ C/U ]
the act of causing something or someone to turn in a different direction, or to be used for a different purpose:
[ U ]A snowstorm closed the airport, and the diversion of air traffic was therefore necessary.
[ C ]diversions of money into other projects

diversionnoun (ENJOYABLE ACTIVITY)

[ C ]
an action that takes attention away from something, esp. one that gives pleasure or enjoyment:
This lawyer-bachelor devoted his life to the Senate, his only real diversion being baseball.

diversion | Business English

diversion
noun[ C or U ]
uk /daɪˈvɜːʃən/us
the act of using something in a different way from what was originally planned:
There has been a diversion of resources away from new infrastructure projects.
COMMERCE
the act of selling goods in a market for which they were not intended, usually without the knowledge or permission of the original seller:
It is difficult for many states to prevent the diversion of arms to illicit markets.

Examples of diversion

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The fourth element was a survey of the opinions of senior managers and front-line practitioners in the study authorities about impediments to care-home diversions.
Though diversions of this order are allowed, they are rare.
Unfortunately, the day-to-day life in the profession has a tendency to distract one from such basic research with a million little diversions.
Is there a moral distinction to be drawn between horizontal and vertical diversions?
Other diversions come in the form of wanting to stay in lands in which he has become accustomed to and with people he knows.
Second, for senior managers, local policy factors and restrictions on the supply of relevant services compromised the ability of the funding change to enable diversions.
First, there were specific side issues or diversions, such as complaints about the appearance of real names in transcripts or examples from other fields (phases 1 and 3).
The city also holds out the hope of a better education for the migrants' children, urban facilities, modern consumer goods and a variety of cheap diversions.
In its essentials it wasn't a diversion of any kind.
The great cultural diversion of the country, and the conflicts which this gave rise to, found expression in popular song.
The aggregate output supply and labor demand can be derived, using the same aggregation procedure we followed for the land diversion program.
Long-term historical change, however, should not be treated in terms of routes, incentives and destinations, with their implicit accompaniment of cul-de-sacs, diversions, and road blocks.
Strong evidence exists that diversions in these areas continue.
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