as in rambling
passing from one topic to another
a digressive lecture on current events around the world
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Recent Examples of digressive
That observation reflects how upside-down this case has become, as digressive micromanagement has outweighed consideration of the case's legal issues.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
In the pugilistic, digressive arena of a YouTube debate, advocates for the right are just more experienced at getting their point across.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
Famously, his digressive speeches require deep immersion in right-wing lore to comprehend.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Yet, as digressive as its surface seems, an artist’s sense of creative organization is at work.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
In the pugilistic, digressive arena of a YouTube debate, advocates for the right are just more experienced at getting their point across.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
Famously, his digressive speeches require deep immersion in right-wing lore to comprehend.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Yet, as digressive as its surface seems, an artist’s sense of creative organization is at work.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for digressive
Adjective
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Refine your key points to be clear and concise—no rambling monologues.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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In the early morning hours of Dec. 26, 1996, Patsy Ramsey called 911 to report her 6-year-old daughter JonBenét missing, and found a rambling ransom note left inside their Boulder, Colorado, home.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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And it’s also arrived at a particular moment, in a particular discursive world, in which opinions are strong, objections are instant, and differences are emphasized.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
27 May 2025
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Set entirely in Linda’s Manhattan apartment, the film freely and imaginatively recreates that long-ago afternoon and the wonderfully discursive exchange between these two singular individuals.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Digressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digressive. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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