as in indirect
not straightforward or direct
took a roundabout route to the beach
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Recent Examples of roundabout
Annie Nova, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2025
Waves of personnel firings turned into political blowback and immediate rehirings in a recursive roundabout worthy of MC Escher.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The arch -- similar to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris -- would be built in a roundabout in front of Arlington National Cemetery at one end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial.
—Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
In their lawsuits, the GOP states had argued that Biden, with SAVE, was trying to find a roundabout way to forgive student debt after the Supreme Court blocked his sweeping debt cancellation plan in June 2023.
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The parade begins just north of the roundabout at Walnut and Pleasant streets.
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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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An underpass linking pathways to the larger Boise Greenbelt near the city’s forthcoming Alta Harris Park.—
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Aerial footage showed a large plume of smoke emerging from below the underpass.—
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This shows a circular, counter-clockwise navigation of the sea that accommodated winds and currents.—
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Meeks, head of technology research at Freedom Capital Markets, said Nvidia’s funk is a consequence of the fears that began over the summer around circular AI investing, GPU depreciation, and intensifying competition in the chipmaking space from Big Tech peers such as Google and Amazon .—
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Other memorable relics found include two operating rotary hook style phones, old furniture, and wood reservoir tub with pull chain.—
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Lee said engineering tests completed over the summer certified that the rotary actuators used to steer Perseverance's wheels can operate optimally for at least another 37 miles (60 kilometers).—
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On Thursday evening, mourners had arranged hundreds of candles at a traffic circle near the venue, which had by this point been covered up in white plastic by authorities.—
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New York is a crossroads for them at the edge of the continent, like a traffic circle with east-west routes running along the ocean or north-south routes going up the harbor or to New Jersey.—
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What happened next – her death 21 years later and Wilson's application to seal his criminal record 37 years later – are all part of a long and winding case before the Ohio Supreme Court on Jan. 7.—
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More broadly, its long and winding path back into the spotlight is a reminder that preparedness depends not only on scientific breakthroughs, but on whether those breakthroughs are carried forward before opportunity is lost.—
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They’re expected to gather at the K Street overpass of Highway 99.—
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On Tuesday night, dozens of people lined up under the I-95 overpass in downtown Miami for hot coffee and soup, which was a welcome relief for some.—
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Beginning Friday morning, a key interchange is scheduled to open as the massive, long-running Interstate 485 toll lanes project nears completion, state highway officials said Thursday.—
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According to PennDOT, all of the outbound lanes between the on-ramp from Bates Street at the Oakland interchange to the Squirrel Hill Tunnel were closed to traffic for about half an hour.—
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“Roundabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundabout. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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