circularize

Definition of circularizenext

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Recent Examples of circularize Once separated, the satellites will use onboard propulsion systems to circularize their orbits at 35,900 km above the equator. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2022 Two rocket firings were required to circularize the orbit at an altitude of 357 miles, 100 miles above the International Space Station. William Harwood, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2021 That torque is provided by Saturn itself, which has tides that tend to circularize and flatten all the orbits of the moons, confining them to the planet's equatorial plane. Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circularize
Verb
  • The police said that the allegations were first reported to the police in January 2025 and Glitter was interviewed in relation to the investigation in July 2025.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 2 July 2026
  • Who said what Amnesty analyzed video and documentary evidence and interviewed 246 people for its report, including 208 survivors, 39 of whom were children.
    Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • The Wolves are not pursuing Memphis point guard Ja Morant, according to team sources, but will continue to canvas the league for other possibilities.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Detectives were canvassing the scene overnight for witnesses and were talking to people at the scene when officers arrived.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • Roman will pair a large field of view with crisp infrared vision to survey deep, vast swaths of sky.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • Nearly 40% of data center operators surveyed by the Uptime Institute in 2022 experienced an outage caused by human error, mostly from employees not following proper procedure.
    Thomas Berndorfer, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • The Democrats alleged Krach, the Freedom 250 CEO, traveled in January to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to personally solicit foreign government officials and business leaders for money to help fund America’s birthday celebrations.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • The report accuses the group of funding its programming through opaque and questionable avenues, including soliciting foreign funds, misleading donors and selling access to the president.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • The Average Problem Dines has been running his own experiments with frontier models, asking them to write in distinct styles and then interrogating them about why the output comes back bland.
    Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Her new album, Fata Morgana, uses an array of cascading rhythms, impish hooks, and fierce poetry to interrogate her place in a corrupt American society.
    Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026

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“Circularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circularize. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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