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

But they are more circumspect about those other requests, while saying they want to press on "at pace" in removing Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

The meeting’s agenda for the closed session was circumspect: “Conference with Legal Counsel — Settlement Agreement.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

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

From BBC • Oct. 24, 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