attentionnoun
He tries to divert attention from his receding hairline with a permatan that surely comes from a sunbed or a bottle.
The focus on the new parliament building is diverting attention from other less high-profile but just as important projects.
I prefer a just-below-the-knee hem that diverts attention to the leg's most elegant part.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Creating a distraction
create a diversion
distract
distract attention from something
distract someone from something
distracting
distraction
diversion
diversionary tactic
divert
escape
mind
misdirection
put
put someone off their strideidiom
rabbit hole
sidetrack
smoke and mirrors
stride
subject
take someone out of himself/herself