circuitous

Example Sentences

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"Flights already doing circuitous routing have even less choice."

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

In that case, exchanges like Coinbase and Robinhood say they can’t trace back the cost basis because of the holding’s circuitous route.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026

When he eventually left in late 2015, he didn’t have to take a route nearly as circuitous as Cignetti’s to the top of the coaching ranks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

People travelling between Al-Eizariya and Jerusalem would have to take a circuitous route three times longer than the present journey, he said.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

She endured the stares of the middle-class teacher’s pets who looked down on her for the circuitous route that got her there.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times