CIRCULARITY Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

circularity

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Definition of circularity

as in diffusion

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Recent Examples of circularity Circular ecosystem Moody's also pointed to structural circularity within the AI boom. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 July 2026 At the time of the announcement, Cecilia Strömblad Brännsten, head of resource use and circularity at H&M, said working with Circ and Lenzing provides a better way forward as the company considers its production strategies. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 23 July 2026 While removing the screen and battery means some embodied carbon is still wasted, rescuing the board still represents a massive win for circularity. — New Atlas, 2 July 2026 In the absence of a national strategy for sustainability and circularity, states are taking their own initiatives. — Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

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Open models strengthen safety and cybersecurity, accelerate innovation and diffusion, and enable sovereignty.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
In fact, that diffusion is precisely what makes the opportunity easy to overlook and costly to ignore.

— Ray Lansigan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of diffusion

Noun

After about seven years of covering politics every day, the repetition of the photographs started to wear on her.

— Sarah Silbiger, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
The repetition of spotting weak arguments in a memo, interpreting ambiguous data, and anticipating stakeholder’s concerns, built judgment.

— Marlo Lyons, Harvard Business Review, 24 July 2026

Definition of repetition

Noun

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
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

Definition of circumlocution

Noun

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
Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects.

— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022

Definition of logorrhea

Noun

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
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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