digressiveness

noun

as in circularity

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  1. circularity
  2. diffusion
  3. garrulity
  4. verbosity
  5. wordage
Noun
  • Cramer said the circularity of the arrangement reminded him of the late 1990s, when telecom equipment makers helped customers finance major purchases to fuel growth.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 27 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
Definition of circularity
Noun
  • The Structural Necessity of Open Distribution The competitive standing of large language models is secondary to a broader structural condition governing the diffusion of general-purpose technologies.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Open models strengthen safety and cybersecurity, accelerate innovation and diffusion, and enable sovereignty.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
Definition of diffusion
Noun
  • Flatulent describes inflated, pretentious writing; garrulity describes excessive talkativeness.
    — Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
Definition of garrulity
Noun
  • His verbosity has become a point of contention.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Clarity In the AI era, verbosity is free and clarity is expensive.
    — Ankur Shah, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of verbosity
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
Definition of wordage
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