discursive

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The parts add up to a novel that is scathing but discursive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The coin of the realm on such shows is small-talk riffing and discursive, big-ideas bullshitting, and he excelled at neither.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2025

Ms Sturgeon said there should have been a "clearer record" of what she called "discursive, non-decision making" meetings.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

Long sections about her college off-Broadway work and her first big break can seem discursive, especially when parts start to zigzag between different eras in India’s still-quite-young life.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2024

The theory of signs originates in the law, and signs are treated as if they speak because court cases are discursive performances.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton