Thesaurus results for CIRCA

circa

preposition

Definition of circa

as in around

formal not far from (something) in time He was born circa 1600.

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Recent Examples of circa In an all-girls boarding school in Ghana circa 1986, several students are preparing to audition for a regional beauty pageant. — Shane Harrison, ajc, 5 Mar. 2020 The first commercially viable lithium battery, circa 1985, had the capability to store more than twice as much energy per pound as did previous chemistry. — Mark P. Mills, National Review, 5 Mar. 2020 Compare this to the reality of what was going on for Anne circa the early 1970s. — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 15 Dec. 2019 The curator of the Pompidou exhibition, Didier Ottinger, has situated the paintings of Bacon in the context of a Reader’s Digest assortment of texts, a general-interest, user-friendly survey of Big Thoughts 101, circa 1985. — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019 See All Example Sentences for circa

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On a recent Sunday afternoon, shoppers crowded the aisles at Tri Ocean Seafood Market on South Federal Boulevard, weaving around carts piled high with dragon fruit, Thai bananas and bundles of fresh herbs.

— Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026
As a woman waded through the waters around the Bridge Side Marina in Bridge Isle, Louisiana, the tiny canine with a fluffy white coat wiggled his forelegs as if swimming, video of the cute moment shows.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026

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Now, that cost has spiraled to about $33, according to [Gulf Oil's Tom] Kloza.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
And while a grant proposal is currently before the Department of Defense to extend research support for another five years, the NCAA is noncommittal about its future funding of the project.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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