circumspect

Example Sentences

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On the streets of Beijing this week, locals were circumspect about a visit from the US president.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

While publicly Kinnings is understandably cautious and circumspect about the future, the backers who lend their name to his tour are more outspoken.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

Harbour has also been circumspect about the end of the marriage.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

When asked by The Times about Pelosi and her primary challengers, however, Hogg was circumspect, calling Pelosi “one of the most effective and consequential leaders in the history of the Democratic Party.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

These circumspect words produced a scientific earthquake, for what Rutherford described was the first artificial splitting of the atom.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik