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
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
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
“The Best Years of Our Lives” centers on three G.I.s who meet on their circuitous way home to Boone City, the fictional Midwest metropolis that’s the movie’s setting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
That was Dad’s circuitous way of telling me he wished I would stay home forever.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
Vocabulary lists containing circuitous
100 SAT words Beginning with "C"
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