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In natural English speech, "detour" appears in contexts such as: "most recently provost at MIT. So, another in a list of uh women becoming university presidents. Pretty interesting. So after I made a bit of a detour there to the army, I uh enrolled here in 1984 and was a member of the uh quite uh successful class of 86. So it is 20 years for me at this point. So uh". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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IPA/ˈdi.toɹ/

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most recently provost at MIT. So, another in a list of uh women becoming university presidents. Pretty interesting. So after I made a bit of a

detour there to the army, I uh enrolled here in 1984 and was a member of the uh

quite uh successful class of 86. So it is 20 years for me at this point. So uh

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noun

A diversion or deviation from one's original route.

“On the third day I made a detour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo.”

noun

A temporary alternative route available to motorists away from the usual route due to a closure for repairs, dealing with an accident, or some event rendering the usual route unusable.

verb

To make a detour.

“Petrelis detoured away from southern activities to visit Chicago and help draw attention to lesbian, gay and AIDS issues during the Illinois primary March 16.”

verb

To direct or send on a detour.

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