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Recent Examples of circularity
While the perfect textile-to-textile recycling solution remains just out of reach, the panelists agreed that the work being done now will lead to a future of greater circularity for post-consumer textiles.
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Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 6 May 2026
One area that leading mills hope will remain resilient is the denim industry’s commitment to circularity and recycled cotton.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 6 May 2026
One area that leading mills hope will remain resilient is the denim industry’s commitment to circularity and recycled cotton.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circularity
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Non-state actors and drone warfare The diffusion of UAV technology has enabled non-state actors to participate in air warfare in unprecedented ways.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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In disaster response, there is no room for diffusion of responsibility.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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That tautology, in the age of Trump, is now a matter of judicial precedent.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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Saying ‘Hungary is for Hungarians’ or ‘America is for Americans’ is a tautology.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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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
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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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He’s known as one of the pioneers of minimalism, a style which focuses on repetition and structure.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
6 May 2026
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Proper form and control matter more than doing higher repetitions.—
Christa Sgobba,
Health,
5 May 2026
Noun
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Flatulent describes inflated, pretentious writing; garrulity describes excessive talkativeness.—
Gary Gilson,
Star Tribune,
31 Oct. 2020
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But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Here, instead, she’s swayed by a dead Diana softly squeezing her hand and kindly hinting — the dead Diana is an ace at tactful circumlocution — that now is the time to show a mourning nation some emotion.—
Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
16 Nov. 2023
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Just as the limitless space of web text tempts writers to indulge their logorrhea, the blinking, ever-transmuting, cartoonish interface of web browsers prevents would-be readers from paying attention to anything for longer than about 7 seconds.—
Barton Swaim,
WSJ,
19 Sep. 2022
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Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2022
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On their website, the three yellow stripes are prominently featured on the website under the Black Lives Matter wordage, and used on their social media accounts.—
Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria,
USA TODAY,
29 Mar. 2023
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Reached by the Union-Tribune Wednesday morning, Lindsey differed with McGillis’ wordage.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2023
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“Circularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circularity. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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