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Recent Examples of circlet
According to The Court Jeweller, the tall, platinum and gold circlet piece was created for Queen Mary in 1911, to be worn at a ceremony celebrating her and King George V's coronation as the new emperor and empress of India.
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Meredith Kile, People.com, 4 July 2025
The origins of the symbolism of early headdresses, diadems, or circlets to denote authority have been lost, but the use of a crown in coronation was probably linked in origin to the coronation of popes.
—Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2025
Instead the flowers in an insignia, the metal used to make a circlet, the weave of a piece of braided leather armor; any decorative detail is not mere ornamentation.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Instead, you’ll be relegated to (gasp) manually pausing audio from the three-button control center on the right ear cup’s exterior circlet.
—Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 28 Apr. 2023
But today most astronomers agree that these young-looking circlets are likely to be scarcely more than 100 million years old, the remnants of a multimoon destruction derby perhaps.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
As for tiaras: Brace yourselves, ye lovers of grandeur and glitter, for there are distressing reports that, as part of scaling down and cutting back on the glitter factor, Catherine, the Princess of Wales and the next queen, will wear not a tiara but a circlet of flowers.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
For a more modern look, Camilla might also choose to remove the arches of the Garrard piece by wearing it as a circlet, just like Queen Mary did for the coronation of King George VI in 1937.
—Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
Queen Mary wears the crown as a circlet at the 1937 coronation of her son, King George VI.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Apr. 2023
Meredith Kile, People.com, 4 July 2025
The origins of the symbolism of early headdresses, diadems, or circlets to denote authority have been lost, but the use of a crown in coronation was probably linked in origin to the coronation of popes.
—Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2025
Instead the flowers in an insignia, the metal used to make a circlet, the weave of a piece of braided leather armor; any decorative detail is not mere ornamentation.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Instead, you’ll be relegated to (gasp) manually pausing audio from the three-button control center on the right ear cup’s exterior circlet.
—Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 28 Apr. 2023
But today most astronomers agree that these young-looking circlets are likely to be scarcely more than 100 million years old, the remnants of a multimoon destruction derby perhaps.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
As for tiaras: Brace yourselves, ye lovers of grandeur and glitter, for there are distressing reports that, as part of scaling down and cutting back on the glitter factor, Catherine, the Princess of Wales and the next queen, will wear not a tiara but a circlet of flowers.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
For a more modern look, Camilla might also choose to remove the arches of the Garrard piece by wearing it as a circlet, just like Queen Mary did for the coronation of King George VI in 1937.
—Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
Queen Mary wears the crown as a circlet at the 1937 coronation of her son, King George VI.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circlet
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Astronomers came up with a variety of different ideas for the structure, including a series of solid ringlets or even a liquid.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
17 July 2025
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Curls and ringlets spill over the forehead and around the crown for a striking, stylish, and effortlessly glamorous look.—
Calin Van Paris,
Vogue,
18 Feb. 2025
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Gooding, the nurse, first bought her ring to help track her menstrual cycle.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
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Netflix will also be hosting a Sept. 13 bout between Canelo Álvarez and Terence Crawford, two of the best pound-for-pound boxers to ever step foot in a ring.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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More Getty Images In a dramatic final round, Scheffler swung a four-shot deficit to overtake Scotland's Robert MacIntyre, who had led the field for three straight days.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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Last year, after Carlos Alcaraz beat Miomir Kecmanović in the fourth round of the Australian Open, Jim Courier asked Alcaraz, in an on-court interview, who his favorite players were.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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Here are two signs that your relationship is stuck in a conflict loop.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Found in the Bukit Gasing Forest Park between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, the 2.4-mile-long loop is a local favorite and takes around one to 1.5 hours to complete.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Aug. 2025
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Wheeler spent 33 years as president of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the nearly 2,000-acre facility that includes a famed 1.5-mile superspeedway, a 2.25-mile road course, a sixth-tenths-mile karting track and a quarter-mile oval.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Aug. 2025
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For a more romantic, softer look, oval or cushion cuts offer a beautiful alternative to round.—
Ariel Okin,
Vogue,
19 Aug. 2025
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Dobson was connected to the Council for National Policy, a secretive group with powerful connections across the religious right and conservative political circles.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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Bea Larsen was a pioneer in legal circles in Cincinnati as the first woman to serve as president of the Cincinnati Bar Association in 1986.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Circlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circlet. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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