reroute
verb
re·route
(ˌ)rē-ˈrüt 
-ˈrau̇t
rerouted; rerouting
1
transitive
: to send or direct (something) on or along a different route
rerouting flights/traffic
Bypassing roads, of course, was a prime consideration in rerouting the trail …—
Paul Dunphy
Paul Dunphyautomatically reroutes incoming calls
2
intransitive
: to switch to a different route
The storm forced planes/ships to reroute.
Examples of reroute in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
If a student won’t be in school that day, the app reroutes the bus.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
The ranger’s report says that a park visitor called the park’s dispatch service to report the gunshot, and that the ranger initially headed to the scene before dispatch rerouted him to the hospital — details supporting the idea that Mr. Sheehy did fire a gun in the parking lot.
—Kellen Browning Tailyr Irvine, New York Times, 17 May 2024
During exercise, blood flow is rerouted to the working muscles and away from other tissues like the liver and gut.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2024
The ATRs are used to automatically reroute power when an outage is detected, and line sensors are used to alert crews when and where a looming outage will occur.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2024
In these instances, passengers are entitled to reimbursement or rerouting based on regulation EU261.
—Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
Norwegian Cruise Line passengers claim Antarctica voyage was rerouted mid-trip
After the alleged attack, Sogoni was detained and held in the ship's jail before he was arrested when the ship docked in Juneau, according to prosecutors.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 8 May 2024
The San Diego Association of Governments, the regional planning agency, has been working for years on plans to reroute the tracks into a tunnel away from the bluff, but that won’t happen until at least 2035.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
New pipelines are simply not being built fast enough to reroute sales, leaving only LNG — which Putin himself has identified as the future of the fuel.
—Stephen Stapczynski, Fortune, 5 May 2024
Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
The ranger’s report says that a park visitor called the park’s dispatch service to report the gunshot, and that the ranger initially headed to the scene before dispatch rerouted him to the hospital — details supporting the idea that Mr. Sheehy did fire a gun in the parking lot.
—Kellen Browning Tailyr Irvine, New York Times, 17 May 2024
During exercise, blood flow is rerouted to the working muscles and away from other tissues like the liver and gut.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2024
The ATRs are used to automatically reroute power when an outage is detected, and line sensors are used to alert crews when and where a looming outage will occur.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2024
In these instances, passengers are entitled to reimbursement or rerouting based on regulation EU261.
—Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
Norwegian Cruise Line passengers claim Antarctica voyage was rerouted mid-trip
After the alleged attack, Sogoni was detained and held in the ship's jail before he was arrested when the ship docked in Juneau, according to prosecutors.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 8 May 2024
The San Diego Association of Governments, the regional planning agency, has been working for years on plans to reroute the tracks into a tunnel away from the bluff, but that won’t happen until at least 2035.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
New pipelines are simply not being built fast enough to reroute sales, leaving only LNG — which Putin himself has identified as the future of the fuel.
—Stephen Stapczynski, Fortune, 5 May 2024
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“Reroute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reroute. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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