as in rambling
passing from one topic to another
the professor's digressionary style is appealing to some students and completely off-putting to others
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In the past several years, Edge had filed a string of civil lawsuits with rambling, sometimes conspiratorial claims.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025 -
Kiehne was frustrated with the Joneses because the county government wouldn’t grade the dirt road up to his ranch, a rambling territory along the New Mexico border.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Others described sightings of a woman dressed in black wandering hallways, gardens and along the seashore.—
Noreen Kompanik,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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And there’s even an AI Kevin O’Leary wandering cyberspace.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As a result of this framework, the company has cut direct and indirect GHG emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions) by 84 percent from its baseline from Fiscal Year 2021.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Tomatoes root best in bright, indirect light, but once their roots have sprouted, they should be moved to a location with strong, bright light and watered regularly.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Digressionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digressionary. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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