as in circles
to travel completely around
after circuiting the exterior of the church, the procession headed inside
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Recent Examples of circuits
Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2025
Jd Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2024
Noun
Then, looking at the amp rating of your circuits (most laundry appliances require a 15–30 amp circuit).
—Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circuits
Noun
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Leaders should clearly communicate why AI is being adopted, define what success looks like and create continuous feedback loops.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The soft material complements a base that also evokes folds and ribbon-like loops in clay.—
Anthony Paletta,
Curbed,
17 May 2026
Noun
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The neighborhood It’d be easy to spend a week around Nay Palad’s beachfront area, alternating between dips in the pool, reading books in a hammock, and tours around the gin-clear water in a see-through kayak—but on-the-up Siargao is well worth exploring.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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The annual Grenada Chocolate Festival celebrates the island’s organic cacao industry with tastings, workshops and farm tours.—
Taryn White,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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The conferences would determine which bowls would join the tier, with payouts, location and history likely playing a role.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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This week, several reports confirmed that the majority of power conferences and the Irish want a 24-team playoff field.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
Verb
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That process moves forward, then circles back, then moves again.—
Felysha Walker
May 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 May 2026
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Enjoy a coffee break at The Lookout at Lake Poway before the group circles back.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Noun
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As for steering a buggy to the Artemis base, compasses don’t work on the moon, and dust will adhere to optics, so NASA has pioneered plans to use Earth’s Galileo and GPS satellites to navigate.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
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Pilots learn to navigate using maps and compasses, as well as natural cues such as stars and terrain features including rivers, bridges and other landmarks to orient themselves and move toward friendly forces.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Canadian and American researchers simulated satellite orbits in low Earth orbit and generated a metric, the CRASH Clock, that measures the number of days before collisions start happening if collision-avoidance maneuvers stop.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Jan. 2026
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The plan represents a departure for Europe’s top satellite makers, which have traditionally focused on large, complex spacecraft in high orbits, but the industry has been disrupted by Starlink’s small, relatively cheap, low-orbit machines.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These comfortable neck pillows help make even the longest journeys a smoother one.—
Jamie Spain,
Condé Nast Traveler,
13 May 2026
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The movie is bookended by nearly identical shots looking outside an apartment window that visually connect Lucila and Isabel and their respective journeys in and out of Mexico, as part of the same emotional timeline.—
Carlos Aguilar,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
Noun
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The court recommended that the petition be dismissed, and that the organizations be given one month to submit the employee lists.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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The tech giant has also committed to investments in schools and nonprofit organizations in Richland Parish, as well as more than $300 million to help improve local infrastructure, from roads to wastewater management.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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“Circuits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circuits. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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