as in rambling
passing from one topic to another
a digressive lecture on current events around the world
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Recent Examples of digressive
His narratives often seem spontaneously discovered to the point of digressive fascination, yet his works and scenes of nonfiction are no less craftsmanlike or refined than his fictional ones.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
That observation reflects how upside-down this case has become, as digressive micromanagement has outweighed consideration of the case's legal issues.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
In the pugilistic, digressive arena of a YouTube debate, advocates for the right are just more experienced at getting their point across.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
Famously, his digressive speeches require deep immersion in right-wing lore to comprehend.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
That observation reflects how upside-down this case has become, as digressive micromanagement has outweighed consideration of the case's legal issues.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
In the pugilistic, digressive arena of a YouTube debate, advocates for the right are just more experienced at getting their point across.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
Famously, his digressive speeches require deep immersion in right-wing lore to comprehend.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for digressive
Adjective
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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
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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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For all the revelry, there was a tough, discursive seriousness in the approach that Lang and O’Hara took to their labors in the late forties and early fifties.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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But he’s been in the discursive arena for about a decade now.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Digressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digressive. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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