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Definitions for deflecting
de·flect·ing
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Deflecting
of Deflect
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of deflecting in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of deflecting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of deflecting in a Sentence
The IRPT, acting as a legal political force, had served as a lightning rod (for dissent), deflecting radical Islam, its closure and official pressure on its members is likely to push many pious Muslims out of officially registered mosques into underground ones.
High profile, mass casualty attacks are a tried and tested method of changing the narrative and deflecting attention away from the problems it is facing, this is done for internal consumption just as much as external.
I think step one is to stop deflecting and to own it and to acknowledge the fact that we have new challenges that are emerging from the situation in Afghanistan, what we need to see is… action that demonstrates and underscores the fact that we are not going to sit idle in the face of a heightened threat of terror.
San Francisco-based artist John Mavroudis:
The memory quotes would be attached to San Francisco-based forehead area, and the quotes about wanting to help I placed on San Francisco-based hand. The hand could be seen as welcoming, but also deflecting.
Hiding data from workers in the facility and the community seems all about putting the company's own public relations profile above the lives and health of workers and the community. It's about deflecting responsibility for the spread in the workplace.
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