circuitous
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Leaning on a burlap bag brimming with gum arabic, Ahmad pointed to a map on a journalist’s phone to show the circuitous path he took to get here.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
"Flights already doing circuitous routing have even less choice."
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
However, some Gulf Coast shippers have devised a nifty Jones Act work-around that involves a circuitous route through the Bahamas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 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
He ran in an agonizingly circuitous pattern, weaving and stumbling, falling once, but immediately on his feet again, running slowly, unable to escape anything.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing circuitous
100 SAT words Beginning with "C"
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Grade 12, List 3
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