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circuit

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verb

as in to circle
to travel completely around after circuiting the exterior of the church, the procession headed inside

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Recent Examples of circuit
Noun
In Baku, the Hilton overlooks the Azerbaijan Grand Prix’s city circuit from its Sky Grill Rooftop and 360 Bar, and in Las Vegas, the Waldorf Astoria sits a short walk from the Strip Circuit. Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 The concern was that temperatures below negative twenty Celsius could delaminate the blade’s circuit, causing the whole system to fail and the drone to come crashing down. Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Verb
Attendees sipped more champagne, margaritas, and negronis and descended on trays of caviar blinis, dressed crab, lobster rolls, and mini meringues that circuited Langan’s three stories. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025 Seven Stars circuits the island of Kyushu over four days and three nights, with stops at onsens, shrines, and more cultural sites. Jd Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for circuit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circuit
Noun
  • In fact, to accelerate a particle to such energies, the LHC would have to be expanded from its current length of 17 miles (27 kilometers) to around 25,000 miles (40,000 kilometers), the entire circumference of the Earth.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 May 2026
  • The large circumference allows the rice to cook through while a crispy socarrat forms on the bottom of the pan.
    José Andrés, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • These baggy pull-on jeans channel Taylor Swift’s courtside look, complete with an elastic waistband, functional belt loops, and pockets on both the front and back.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
  • But a quick peek at the Trailforks app revealed this gem of a ride, an 8-mile loop climbing through grassland and chaparral, past a reservoir, over Conn Peak and back down Whiskey Ridge, with enough singletrack and elevation change to earn it.
    Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • Amenities and experiences The pre-dinner garden tour is not to be skipped.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2026
  • In support of the record, Syd has also announced a brief fall tour through the UK and Europe, which kicks off with a show at London festival All Points East.
    Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The start-up scene, with its conferences, workshops, and accelerators; its Silicon Valley–like culture; its foreign investors and advisers; looked to him and others like the leading edge of such a threat.
    Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
  • Pop-ups, sampling programs, wild posting campaigns, street teams, projections, conference-adjacent stunts and retail activations are strategies that move in the real world and multiply across AI.
    Adam Salacuse, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Decades after Julian’s vanishing there, the band and various hangers-on recall eerie incidents both in and out of the house—rooms full of occult literature; pub full of haunting photographs—as well as the glimmering stranger circling the Orpheus-esque Julian.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
  • Nowhere is the ham-handed effort more evident than in Texas, where a blend of culture war grievance and incel-targeting rage have circled the sharp-witted but mild-mannered Talarico, whose campaign is shaping up to be a fundraising juggernaut.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • In truth, my compass spun in search of whiskey and other spirits, looking for how these spirits illuminated a culture.
    Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Through a series of flight and lab experiments, researchers found pigeons can use special cells in their liver as an internal compass.
    Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The Strip’s biggest headliner shows and most of the other marquee resorts are a short walk or quick rideshare away, but many guests end up spending most of their time inside the Cosmopolitan orbit—between restaurants, pools, and bars.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • For missions requiring multiple burn periods, such as orbit insertion followed by a later apogee kick, this limitation has historically pushed designers toward liquid or hybrid systems.
    Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The fast casual chain celebrated the moment with a social post that chronicled the card's journey from Los Angeles to New York City's Madison Square Garden.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • However, there often are a few stragglers that will need the energy your feeders provide to continue their journey.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026

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“Circuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circuit. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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