In order to refer to the activity denoted by the F-word, it is necessary to engage in circumlocution or periphrasis. |
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Large bureaucracies seem to inherently foster a culture that favours circumlocution, jargon and euphemism. |
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In order to refer to that activity, it is necessary to engage in circumlocution or periphrasis. |
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There was a good deal of rhetoric, circumlocution and imprecision in language. |
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Despite the circumlocution used, the parties all appeared to understand one another. |
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The Navajo language is complex, and through circumlocution the Code Talkers made it even more so. |
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What was being said was close to an imputation, and members cannot get around rules against unparliamentary language by circumlocution. |
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O'Neill, despite his apparent affability and a tendency to circumlocution, is a tough little nut. |
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Americans, in particular the US military-industrial complex, are masters of jargon and circumlocution, but they can't be blamed for everything. |
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The replies I got were pure circumlocution and double talk, nowadays referred to as spin. |
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Alas, for every valuable insight which emerges, we find a greater proportion of heady rhetoric and circumlocution. |
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Her style can only be described as hectoring, irritating and occasionally maddening in its circumlocution. |
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The company has dispensed with traditional legal circumlocution with its latest court filings against its rival. |
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He is witty, he puns, and sometimes he employs the polysyllabic circumlocution of the nineteenth-century humorists. |
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Other common strategies used to save face for others include the use of circumlocution and equivocation when criticism of another's performance is unavoidable. |
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Even without government circumlocution, enough was fuzzy about the deal to have investors worried. |
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If anything, her style can only be described as hectoring, more sniping than frontal attack, irritating and occasionally maddening in its circumlocution. |
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He produced yet another quite captivating display of loquacious circumlocution as he tackled questions from the press about the way he has run the team recently. |
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Strong words, for a country where circumlocution is the norm, and probably very influential ones, given that the monarchy still commands immense reverence. |
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It is unadaptable to subtlety or circumlocution. |
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They have denotative English equivalent forms and can be replaced by their English equivalents either by translation or circumlocution. |
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