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Recent Examples of circletAccording 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.—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 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 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 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
The bowl diffuser features aluminum plates that heat up to expedite dry time, and the comb attachment helps detangle without flattening out ringlets.
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Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
Princess Kate wore her long locks in cascading curls, and in a rare PDA snap of her and William, captured from the back, gave a full look at the romantic ringlets.
Sam Bennett tried to figure out which part of the Florida Panthers’ second Stanley Cup championship ring was his favorite.
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Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
One detail found in various shoes was a metal ring that lent an edgy element to various silhouettes, from the aforementioned sandal to a heeled sandal, which embodied dainty minimalism with an asymmetrical strap.
This brand-new toy lets kids play with 32 jumbo-sized felt pieces that stick onto the board with hook-and-loop material.
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Clint Davis,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
The tennis ball demonstration encapsulates this philosophy, while showing not a pre-programmed set of movements, but a closed-loop perception-action system that interprets its surroundings and acts accordingly.
Forest’s Elliot Anderson reacted, chasing the ball and leaving space behind that Zubimendi then passed into to find Riccardo Calafiori in the centre circle.
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Art de Roché,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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