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the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something
a silly little affair that's of interest to no one beyond the circumference of this campus
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Recent Examples of circumference
Replacement tires should be within 1/4-inch of tire circumference or about 2/32-inch of each other in remaining tread depth.
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Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
By capturing dimensions like shoulder width, torso length, arm length, and thigh circumference—measurements ignored in traditional S/M/L sizing—brands can predict fit with far greater accuracy.
—Marisa McMillan, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
The tortilla love was so real that his latest venture, Vato, is a dedicated tortillería, bakery, and restaurant serving nearly everything that can be contained within the circumference of his warm, soft, and tangy tortillas.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
After finishing, Vonn chatted briefly with Johnson – who raced just before her – at the bottom of the slope, pulled off her knee brace and then walked the circumference of the mixed zone, eyeing the big board as Wiles raced.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
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Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
By capturing dimensions like shoulder width, torso length, arm length, and thigh circumference—measurements ignored in traditional S/M/L sizing—brands can predict fit with far greater accuracy.
—Marisa McMillan, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
The tortilla love was so real that his latest venture, Vato, is a dedicated tortillería, bakery, and restaurant serving nearly everything that can be contained within the circumference of his warm, soft, and tangy tortillas.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
After finishing, Vonn chatted briefly with Johnson – who raced just before her – at the bottom of the slope, pulled off her knee brace and then walked the circumference of the mixed zone, eyeing the big board as Wiles raced.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumference
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The asteroid spotted on Tuesday was 6 feet in diameter and weighed about 7 tons.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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The object appears to have been a seven-ton asteroid that spanned nearly six feet in diameter, according to NASA.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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Officers located the person on the service road of Loop 12 and SH 114, set up a perimeter and requested specialized units to respond, the statement said.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Mar. 2026
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The restoration of the Colosseum’s perimeter was done using compensatory funds from the metro, project officials said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Trees should be a focus, Anderson said, with the most effective watering applied on the ground in a radius from the trunk all the way out to the tips of the branches.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Antioch Police Department logged roughly 2,600 calls for service within a quarter-mile radius of Sycamore Square from April 1, 2024, to April 14,2025, according to a city staff report.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Hanson crossed Redwood Creek on a fallen log at the northern edge of the high severity burn, an elastic term that generally means an area where most of the trees are dead.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Most viewers will know that the two main protagonists ultimately become foes, which lends their on-screen relationship an edge amid the banter and bonhomie.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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The streaks are also clustered around the moon's equator, matching models predicting where the material spun off from Didymos would most likely land, scientists say.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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From Earth’s vantage point—right along the faraway magnetar’s equator—the wobbling disk acted like a film projector’s shutter, periodically occluding our view of the dead star supercharging SN 2024afav.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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Name your values and state your boundaries, then celebrate your courage with something that restores your spark.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Samhain celebrated the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter and was a time when the boundary between the living and the dead was believed to be blurred, allowing spirits to roam the earth.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Concentric bands of short linear patterns wrapped around the rim.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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Given how well Queta has played this season, that at-the-rim scoring binge was impressive, but not shocking.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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Overlooking the mountainous border between Austria and Italy, Weißseespitze is an alpine glacier.—
Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2026
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Straddling the United States-Canada border, the economies of Michigan and Ontario enjoy a symbiotic relationship.—
Taylor Millard,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Circumference.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumference. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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