Synonyms for diverting
dɪˈvɜr tɪŋ, daɪ-di·vert·ing

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1. amusing, amusive, divertingadjective

   providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

   "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"

   Synonyms:
   mirthful, laughable, funny, amusive, comical, amusing, risible, comic

   Antonyms:
   uninteresting

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1. List of paraphrases for "diverting":

   deflecting

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1. Deborah Peters:

   I think West Virginia's their way to sort of get out of this difficult bind that she is believable and that this type of behavior is completely unacceptable. There would be no way to make West Virginia acceptable. So I think they are diverting away from the main issue and trying to create an alternative reality, really.

2. Julie Gunnigle:

   We have over incarcerated our youth as well as our adults, but we've also done it in a particularly poor way with the inclusion of SROs at our schools, so, one of the things that I've been focusing on is: What should the role of law enforcement be inside our schools? And I am a proponent of, first, eliminating SROs and diverting that money back to school counselors. So many of our students go to schools without counselors or nurses, and those should be the first-line responders when it comes to solving student problems.

3. John Ladd:

   Most of the money going to these projects is pork barrel money -- it just isn't necessary. I am good with diverting that money. There is lots of waste in the military, especially on the bases. Fort Huachuca, they've got everything they need -- so divert the money to the border.

4. John Leer:

   On a month-to-month basis, single parents really don't have a lot of extra room to help cover costs, they're really living paycheck to paycheck. They're taking their incomes and diverting them immediately into expenses, which means that they don't have savings that allows them to weather any unforeseen storm.

5. John Sopko:

   Nor can I assure you that the Taliban are not diverting the money we are sending from the intended recipients, which are the poor Afghan people, i would just say, I have n’t seen a starving Taliban fighter on TV, they all seem to be fat, dumb, and happy.