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Recent Examples of indirection
What was once done by indirection and guile is now carried with the high hand, in the face of day, at the mouth of the cannon and by the edge of the sabre of the nation.
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Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
But your art is very much that of indirection, Benjamin.
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Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
Their plan for stealing it right out from under her involves everything from impersonating a Vanity Fair photographer to having Daniel crash the party with a big speech that’s a masterpiece of indirection.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
But your art is very much that of indirection, Benjamin.
—
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
Their plan for stealing it right out from under her involves everything from impersonating a Vanity Fair photographer to having Daniel crash the party with a big speech that’s a masterpiece of indirection.
—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indirection
Noun
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Libra could also find Cancer’s perpetual need for reassurance overwhelming, while Cancer interprets Libra’s indecision or diplomacy as evasiveness.
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The framing captures the intensity of the city but also its evasiveness—these cars are neither here nor there but on their way somewhere else, underscoring Hong Kong’s historical identity as a transit hub, an entrepôt, a place intended for people to pass through, not to stay in.
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Such dissembling by the people who are where the buck stops raises doubt that the Pentagon’s final report will be candid.
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His inner self is right there and raw at the surface, leaving him incapable of dissembling, which is why Lancaster Dodd likes him so much.
Noun
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McCarthy is not the first Hollywood conservative to discuss the industry’s secretiveness over Republicanism.
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“Indirection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indirection. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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