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Recent Examples of circularity
Aimed at improving circularity and extending the life cycle of its products, M&S partnered with Redskinned—a company that repairs, resells and recycles used garments—to operate the eBay storefront.
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Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
Treating natural systems as core sporting assets makes circularity a business imperative.
—Sebastian Buckup, Time, 7 Feb. 2026
Now that’s some extreme circularity.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
At the end of life, the materials are engineered to facilitate circularity.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
Panels will include discussions on retail and investing, AI and the retail value chain as well as consumption and circularity — all hot-button topics.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
The program, launching later this year, helps the appliance manufacturer promote circularity.
—Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
Treating natural systems as core sporting assets makes circularity a business imperative.
—Sebastian Buckup, Time, 7 Feb. 2026
Now that’s some extreme circularity.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
At the end of life, the materials are engineered to facilitate circularity.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
Panels will include discussions on retail and investing, AI and the retail value chain as well as consumption and circularity — all hot-button topics.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
The program, launching later this year, helps the appliance manufacturer promote circularity.
—Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circularity
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Technological diffusion has historically followed an S-curve, where early adoption is slow, accelerates as costs fall, and eventually plateaus as saturation sets in and marginal returns diminish.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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For those concerned about sensitivity, passive scent methods such as reed diffusers, including options from B’s Knees, Nest or Hotel Collection, and cold-air diffusion systems like those from Aroma360 offer lighter ways to fragrance a space.—
Allison Hatfield,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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The previous record-holder was President Clinton, famously known for his Southern-twang verbosity.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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This working prompt injection came only after much trial and error, explaining the verbosity and the detail in it.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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No choice, no road, no hope— only the endless repetition of the sordid and the semi-tragic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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All forms of strength training can help, but heavier lifting at lower repetitions is most effective.—
Adam Cohen,
Oklahoman,
3 Mar. 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 10 Mar. 2026.
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