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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
Users can manually enter ear spacing and head circumference to fine-tune time-of-arrival differences, adjust virtual speaker angles between 40°, 60°, and 80° and enable optional room simulation for a consistent, dependable reference environment.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The height of the knee-high shaft height measures 375mm, and have a 175mm circumference.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
Techniques used to age the trees on Mike Mountain included bark characteristics, tree height and circumference.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
Separated from regular life by a kaleidoscopic shell whose circumference continues to expand, the Shimmer, as it’s called, has claimed the lives of every person who has gone inside — except one.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The height of the knee-high shaft height measures 375mm, and have a 175mm circumference.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
Techniques used to age the trees on Mike Mountain included bark characteristics, tree height and circumference.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
Separated from regular life by a kaleidoscopic shell whose circumference continues to expand, the Shimmer, as it’s called, has claimed the lives of every person who has gone inside — except one.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumference
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Because the moon’s diameter appears smaller than that of the sun, our star looks to us like a fiery halo of light in the sky, hence the eclipse’s nickname.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
17 Feb. 2026
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Totems and totems with flags, less than 7 feet tall, and less than 1 inch in diameter.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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No one else on the Braves consistently found scoring opportunities, and perimeter shots were hard to come by for his teammates.—
Dan Rios,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Despite setting up a perimeter and using all available resources, including air assets, drones and K-9 units, the suspect was not initially located.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2026
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About 90 percent of crawfish harvests are from a 300-mile radius in south-central Louisiana, according to Gibson.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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With a radius slightly larger than Earth’s moon, Kepler-37b was the smallest exoplanet to be discovered to that point.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Landscape architect Rick Parisi also presented mock-ups showing the foliage that will accent the ballroom grounds and the relocation of a fountain on the east edge of the White House campus.—
Arden Farhi,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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However, the Apollo missions ventured to similar sites near the lunar equator on the moon’s near side, where the terrain was flat and astronauts could remain within reach of communication satellites.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The spring equinox occurs when the sun shines directly on the Earth's equator.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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That is well inside the boundaries of the Antarctic Ocean, also known as the Southern Ocean, which is defined as below the 60-degree south latitude line.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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On the low end, cities with populations of less than 5,000 can extend ETJs up to half a mile beyond their boundaries.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Feb. 2026
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The shot clanged off the back rim.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Its basic ingredients include tequila, lime juice (ideally freshly squeezed), orange liqueur like triple sec, and usually salt on the rim.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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Norway and Sweden border each other for more than 1,000 miles, together forming the Scandinavian peninsula.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Printed on one of the sheets was his A-number, short for alien registration number—a unique numerical code assigned to non-citizen immigrants, including undocumented border crossers and green-card holders.—
Jordan Salama,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Circumference.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumference. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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