as in indirect
not straightforward or direct
took a roundabout route to the beach
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Recent Examples of roundabout
Mars King, Twin Cities, 19 May 2025
Located on its eponymous roundabout, the 327-room Dupont Circle hotel attracts visiting diplomats as well as locals coming in for a glass of champagne.
—Amy Alipio, AFAR Media, 29 Apr. 2025
Jane Tavares, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
Looking back, Lia recalls one of the biggest challenges of that New York shoot was, in a roundabout way, Taylor Swift.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 12 May 2025
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Adjective
The public meeting, which starts at 4:30 p.m. at the Rosemount High School Student Center at 3335 142nd St. W., will have visuals of the roundabout and detours.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 19 May 2025
Located on its eponymous roundabout, the 327-room Dupont Circle hotel attracts visiting diplomats as well as locals coming in for a glass of champagne.
—Amy Alipio, AFAR Media, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
Weak track record Wary of backlash from their constituents, Republicans have agreed on a strategy that would largely cut Medicaid spending in a roundabout way.
—Jane Tavares, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
Looking back, Lia recalls one of the biggest challenges of that New York shoot was, in a roundabout way, Taylor Swift.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roundabout
Adjective
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Lots of the companies on the Best Stocks in the Market list are direct or indirect beneficiaries of all this spend.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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The latest indirect talks between Iran and the U.S., set for last Sunday, were canceled.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2025
Noun
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The city of Elgin has been awarded a $3 million state grant to build an underpass along the Fox River Trail below the Kimball Street bridge.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
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Two underpasses costing $330,000 in the Lake Champlain Valley are a model effort showing how a Vermont community rallied behind thousands of tiny salamanders scurrying over the road yearly to safeguard the wildlife migrations.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Guests descend several circular staircases into a network of chalk pits and galleries, parts of which date to the Gallo-Roman era.—
Rachel King,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Using the Wrong Food Plot Shapes People have been planting circular, square, and rectangular food plots for decades.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
26 June 2025
Noun
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What’s more, the exhaust rotary valve, air compression, and fuel injection are electronically controlled, meaning they can be adjusted on the fly to change timing as needed.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 June 2025
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The aluminum rotary controls are exclusive to the Battista Novantacinque.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Homeowners near the traffic circles at two intersections on Kelly Drive said the traffic circles encourage speeding and create a safety hazard for children walking to the nearby Kelly Elementary School.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 June 2025
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Most of those points are on the traffic circle surrounding the Lincoln Memorial, according to an Army map shared with reporters.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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During his speech, Kissel made winding references to railroads, attorneys’ fees, scratch-off tickets, casinos, Hartford, car fatalities, troopers, eye-hand coordination, Jack LaLanne, Methuselah, the Bible, and hallucinogenic mushrooms.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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One way that’s easy to manifest is through maximalist bedding with punchy colors, big stripes, and winding patterns.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
25 May 2025
Noun
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The deputy was transporting a person to the Orange County Jail around 3:30 a.m., approaching the 408 overpass, according to the statements from the Florida Highway Patrol and Sheriff’s Office.—
Zoey Thomas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 June 2025
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But this? Throwing cinder blocks and e-scooters at California Highway Patrol cars from a 101 Freeway overpass?—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
Noun
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The Newton-Weston bridge replacement project is upgrading eight bridges at the Mass Pike/I-95 interchange.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
18 June 2025
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The roughly 30-acre property southeast of the interchange of International Drive and State Road 528, which has been sought for years by the Dreamers as an ideal ballpark location, remains in county control.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2025
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“Roundabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundabout. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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