circuitous

Example Sentences

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"Flights already doing circuitous routing have even less choice."

From BBC • Mar. 6, 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

But they require circuitous arrangements and typically leave Chinese AI developers with fewer chips and more inconvenience compared with well-funded American competitors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 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

We take a circuitous route back to the ten o’clock beach.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins