Thesaurus results for CIRCUITING

circuiting

verb

present participle of circuit

as in circling

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

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Recent Examples of circuiting Some call it timeless, but others worry that in the world of quick-circuiting online trends, color drenching might be a regrettable move. — Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026

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Connor Storrie is circling a role opposite Ryan Gosling in Marvel Studios‘ Ghost Rider, sources have confirmed to Deadline.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
Thousands of pieces of junk are circling Earth at incredible speeds.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of circling

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The trio currently share the orbiting lab with four other people — Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and cosmonauts Anna Kikina, Pyotr Dubrov and Sergey Teteryatnikov.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026
What has been hard to miss is the way pharmaceutical companies have been orbiting around the redefinition of Alzheimer’s.

— Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

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That certainly is the case traversing from the old 13th District to the new one.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Then getting that energy to major cities means traversing some of the most pristine, spectacular natural corridors this nation has left, and particularly in the Southwest, rubbing up against the sacred lands of local tribal communities.

— Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026

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Scientists in Germany have observed electrons crossing an energy gap in graphene with a probability of up to 100%, revealing how intense electric fields can drive quantum transitions in real time.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Children crossing streets to walk to school or the bus stop may be exposed to greater risk.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of crossing

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Captured by the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, or SMILE, the footage reveals the full ring of auroral activity encircling Earth's north pole in ultraviolet light, stretching across both the night and day sides of our planet.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Dumas watched, charmed, his arms encircling his wife’s shoulders, and accepted an ice-cream sundae in a silver parfait cup.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

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