as in roundabout
not straightforward or direct
a rather circular discussion of the problem that never addresses it directly
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as in booklet
a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover
promptly tosses out those advertising circulars that come in the newspaper
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Recent Examples of circular
Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2025
Poco has also introduced a new circular polarization technology for a more natural look.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
And the next day, FIFA (football’s world governing body) sent out one of their circulars.
—Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
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Adjective
The force of the suction pulls the skin into the cup, breaking small blood vessels under the skin (that’s what causes the circular marks).
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2025
Poco has also introduced a new circular polarization technology for a more natural look.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
In total, the court circular recorded 16 days of in-person meetings in October and 15 in November.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
And the next day, FIFA (football’s world governing body) sent out one of their circulars.
—Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circular
Adjective
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Fans got justice for Tanya — but in a roundabout way.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The states had argued that former President Joe Biden, with SAVE, was essentially trying to find a roundabout way to forgive student debt after the Supreme Court struck down his sweeping debt cancellation plan in June 2023.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The booklet circulated within community networks and the government printed it in over a dozen languages.—
Made by History,
Time,
31 Mar. 2025
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The 40-page booklet contained in the release was designed by Stevens, and includes collages of family photos spanning four generations, artwork, drawings, and landscape photos Stevens took while traveling across the western U.S. over a decade ago.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Iranians reportedly agreed to engage in indirect talks with the U.S., through mediators in Oman.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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On Tuesday, the White House and the State Department stood by the president's initial description of the forthcoming conversations and rejected Iran's characterization of the talks as indirect.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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According to North Korea, South Korea flew drones into its country three times and dropped propaganda leaflets over the capital city of Pyongyang.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
14 Oct. 2024
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In October, propaganda leaflets produced by North Korea that attacked Yoon and his wife were found scattered on the streets of Seoul, apparently carried across the border via balloon, Reuters reported.—
Chris Pandolfo,
Fox News,
3 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Key Elements Of A Robust Collateral Suite An on-brand collateral suite is much more than simply your website or brochures.—
Victoria Zelefsky,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Part of Adobe’s Creative Cloud suite, InDesign is an industry-standard page layout and print design application for creating everything from brochures and posters to magazines and newspapers to interactive ebooks.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The stamp is included inside a collectible four-flap and a philatelic A4 folder.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Organize scans within folders in the app for organization.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Our main graphic designer for our event flyers is a woman in Australia, our head designer for our Soulection supply merchandise is a woman.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
4 Apr. 2025
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Messages of the flyers targeted both the LGBTQ+ community and the library presenter and included misinformation.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Today volunteers staff the museum, which includes exhibits of dishware from train dining cars, along with signs, lanterns, promotional pamphlets, and tools.—
Pam LeBlanc,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2025
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To that end, the Buena Vista has inserted a pamphlet of mini-histories of each of the songs into its Playbill (for the sake of immersion, the introduction says those notes are by the character Juan de Marcos, but the text is credited to Hugo Eugenio Perez).—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Circular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circular. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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