as in rambling
passing from one topic to another
an excursive story line that some readers of Melville's novel find very rewarding
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Day trips to Amalfi-style Taormina are well-advised for those who have yet to gawp at its clifftop panoramas across the Mediterranean or its film star hotels, as are jaunts to the rambling flea markets and splendidly scruffy trattorias of nearby Catania.—
Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
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The throwdown came after Trump mocked Newsom in a rambling speech at the Kennedy Center by the incumbant to Republican lawmakers.—
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Right now, the only way to discover these wandering worlds is with the help of gravitational fields, which warp the fabric of spacetime.—
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The children were completely free and wandering, no one hitting marks, just playing and just being.—
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His palette is light, smudgy guitar textures and warm synths; his message, more gestural than discursive, is love and lust.—
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Set in the uneasy era between world wars, when shifts of all kinds are taking place — commercial radios sputtering to life, vaudeville theaters shutting down — Pynchon’s first novel in 12 years is a discursive comic pleasure.—
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From his own zone, Zadorov made a terrific indirect pass off the end boards behind the Seattle net that Pastrnak collected deep on the right wing.—
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Aim to provide your hoya with at least six hours of indirect sunlight daily to ensure healthy growth and development.—
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“Excursive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excursive. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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