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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Adjective
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Refine your key points to be clear and concise—no rambling monologues.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025 -
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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But also not the kind of CV that’s going to catch the wandering eyes of opposing general managers.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
12 July 2025
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But Suburbicon is so wandering and consistently misfiring that Damon never really gets to play anyone but a thesis.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
9 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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McPherson’s discursive humanism exactly suits both O’Reilly’s light directorial touch and the confident realism of his company of (largely) Irish actors.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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Set entirely in Linda’s Manhattan apartment, the film recreates that afternoon and the discursive exchange between the two.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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But the indirect benefits seem to reflect a posture against green energy, related to unbelief in climate change, and these lead to support for inefficient energy alternatives like nuclear and geothermal and gas-fired turbines.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Anticipated after 72 hours: Summit; Depending on success of indirect fireline, the fire may be mostly contained.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
13 July 2025
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“Excursive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excursive. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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