as in to veer
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
the fox zigged to the right, and the hounds followed
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Recent Examples of zig
Yet there could also be arguments to zig when others zag and focus on existing channels and motions that work well when everyone is chasing new ones.
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Michelle Tan, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Sean likes to break the mold, and kinda zig when everybody else is zagging.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Plus, the Heat typically will zig while other teams will zag.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2024
The series’s willingness to blow up relationships, reveal hidden secrets, and zig the plot one way after setting it up to zag the other way give it a lot of options.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
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Michelle Tan, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Sean likes to break the mold, and kinda zig when everybody else is zagging.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Plus, the Heat typically will zig while other teams will zag.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2024
The series’s willingness to blow up relationships, reveal hidden secrets, and zig the plot one way after setting it up to zag the other way give it a lot of options.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zig
Verb
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Those bourbons are very good, and sometimes great, but the older expressions tend to veer into overly oaky territory.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
15 June 2025
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He’s also invested his protagonist with a self-deprecating sense of humor that keeps his pessimism from veering into maudlin territory.—
Book Marks
June 13,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
Verb
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The professor-like spins of senior Peyton Levine, meanwhile, offer plenty of zig and zag for the Foxes.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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In other words, a function can only zig and zag so much.—
Solomon Adams,
WIRED,
23 Feb. 2025
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Of course, Apple will have thought of this and curved the edges, for instance, to mitigate this.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Halfway into the decade, the company's latest sustainability report released Thursday shows the software giant has a long way to go to meet that goal but may be starting to bend its emissions curve downward.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Medicaid is a point of major friction for Republicans in states with high Medicaid enrollment and who oppose changes that would essentially cut benefits or jeopardize hospital funding.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2025
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The final six percent began with a bad omen as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander buried a three-point shot with 2:58 on the clock that cut the lead down to one point.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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“Zig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zig. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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