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- noun Plural form of
circumlocution .
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Examples
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Wherefore, in order to avoid lengthy circumlocutions, the Spanish word "_convento_" has been retained.
Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909 Miguel Saderra Mas��
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Hey, at least they don’t engage in circumlocutions, such as “crime against nature.”
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The mistaken belief that - man - meant male, coupled with the perverse notion that masculinity was ipso facto bad, gave rise to several circumlocutions.
Why do so many people hate gender-neutral words? (Oh, s—!) « Motivated Grammar 2010
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They are all dodges of Jargon, circumlocutions for evading this or that simple statement: and I say that it is not enough to avoid them nine times out of ten, or nine-and-ninety times out of a hundred.
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Long gone are the days when the preponderance of analysts would take hours to parse the multisyllabic circumlocutions of Chairman Alan Greenspan.
Michael Farr: Apple + Fed = Gains! Michael Farr 2012
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There are usually many circumlocutions and obstacles to be overcome before obtaining full rights for every citizen; witness, the American and French revolutions.
Rabbi Samuel April: After The Arab Spring -- What Fall? Rabbi Samuel April 2011
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I think that last sentence with its circumlocutions and three parenthetical digressions is indicative of my distracted or distractible state of mind ...
Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2009
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There are usually many circumlocutions and obstacles to be overcome before obtaining full rights for every citizen; witness, the American and French revolutions.
Rabbi Samuel April: After The Arab Spring -- What Fall? Rabbi Samuel April 2011
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He knew his Hawaiians from the outside and the in, knew them better than themselves, their Polynesian circumlocutions, faiths, customs, and mysteries.
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There are usually many circumlocutions and obstacles to be overcome before obtaining full rights for every citizen; witness, the American and French revolutions.
Rabbi Samuel April: After The Arab Spring -- What Fall? Rabbi Samuel April 2011
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