CIRCUITOUSNESS Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

circuitousness

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as in circularity

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Usha is also piloting the use of post-consumer garment waste through take-back programs with fashion brands, though its existing circularity program primarily targets cutting waste generated by garment manufacturers.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026
There's a second-order problem layered on top, which is the circularity of the deals themselves.

— Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of circularity

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Duco negates the need for any human intervention by leveraging a hanging robotic system that automatically sketches multi-layered circuity to enable novel large-scale interfaces.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2021
Mazzone hopes that studying the neural circuity for coughing will eventually lead to new therapies.

— Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2012

Definition of circuity

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Making robots skillful The second stage introduces a latent diffusion model, which gives BeyondMimic its ability to generate and combine movements.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
But the practical race in 2026 is won by mastering both contests at once with absolute capability and radical efficiency, closed excellence and open diffusion, the biggest reliable compute and the smartest use of it.

— Mark Minevich, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of diffusion

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What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

Definition of impenetrability

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