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indirection

[in-duh-rek-shuhn, -dahy-] / ˌɪn dəˈrɛk ʃən, -daɪ- /


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“The same hallmarks we listen for in Rorem’s music will be found in his essays a well: indirection, instinctive grace, intellectual aplomb, a lyrical line.”

From Seattle Times Nov. 18, 2022

There are two levels of indirection from the core business of Robinhood.

From The Verge Mar. 22, 2022

Sjón’s books — sometimes explicitly, sometimes with playful indirection — are always fighting off the forces of constriction, narrowness, Icelandic exceptionalism.

From New York Times Jan. 13, 2022

Antrim’s writing here is brilliant in its indirection and compression.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 11, 2021

Back in Harlem, he had often liked to get at something through this kind of indirection.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey



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