circuitousness

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Noun
  • In an industry obsessed with next-gen recycling technologies and circularity buzzwords, the existing global system for textile reuse is often overlooked—or worse, misunderstood.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Whether circularity guidelines and ESG targets focused on regenerative fibers will meet these demands remains to be seen.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Duco negates the need for any human intervention by leveraging a hanging robotic system that automatically sketches multi-layered circuity to enable novel large-scale interfaces.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Mazzone hopes that studying the neural circuity for coughing will eventually lead to new therapies.
    Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2012
Noun
  • This was only the start of the incomprehensibility of this segment.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • That diffusion will take time — a crucial point missing from most of the current debate.
    Omar Abbosh, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Trump himself appeared to acknowledge a diffusion of power in Iran as a result of the American-Israeli assassination campaign.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • As a result, the impenetrability of EU bureaucracies will continue to limit the United States’ ability to restructure transatlantic economic relations.
    JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Investors also face uncertainty over the exact expiration date of the ceasefire.
    Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Help is also needed at cornerback with Washington signing Amik Robertson and at safety because of the uncertainty of Kerby Joseph and Brian Branch’s comebacks from injuries.
    Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Flatulent describes inflated, pretentious writing; garrulity describes excessive talkativeness.
    Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
Noun
  • Director Scott Ellis understands all this, and thus the admirably specific physical business and slurred verbosity in his gently outré revival really makes for quite the amusing diversion.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Director Scott Ellis understands all this and thus the admirably specific physical business and slurred verbosity in his gently outré revival really makes for quite the amusing diversion.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Circuitousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circuitousness. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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