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.
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Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circuiting
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The 10-day mission involves circling the moon in a flyby manner (and not landing on the surface) and, in doing so, establishing the record for the farthest that humans have ever ventured into space.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Financial regulators are already circling.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
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The three cosmonauts currently living on the orbiting lab — Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergei Mikaev and Andrey Fedyaev — did not participate.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Among these was Skylab, America's first orbiting space station, which launched on May 14, 1973.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Activists are riled up over the food delivery robots traversing the city, operated by the delivery companies Coco and Serve Robotics.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the clip, Meghan follows behind them filming as Harry leads the way, traversing across the trail and turning frequently to keep an eye on 6-year-old Archie.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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This time, the neutrinos seemed to be changing fast enough to oscillate while crossing a room.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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Later, grandmother and granddaughter drive down a road of African palm trees, passing a lorry load of immigrants, monotonous electricity grid lines crossing the sky and workers fumigating trees, Villalobos accumulating details of a harsh contemporary world.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
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In recent years, Beijing has stepped up military drills near Taiwan, even encircling the island by land, air and sea last year.—
Ashish Valentine,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2026
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The flower has a row of large outer petals (guard petals) encircling a center of petalodes or small, narrow yellow inner petals.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Circuiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circuiting. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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