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Cages as short as 15 inches and just six inches in diameter are available but keep your tomato variety, fruit size, and height of the mature plant in mind when selecting a cage support.
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Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 15 Mar. 2026
Once or twice a month, a tree needs about 10 gallons of water per inch of trunk diameter.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
The shoulders are 1 inch in diameter, and the length is 4 inches.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
One 6-inch diameter hailstone may have set a new state record, the weather service said.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
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Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 15 Mar. 2026
Once or twice a month, a tree needs about 10 gallons of water per inch of trunk diameter.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
The shoulders are 1 inch in diameter, and the length is 4 inches.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
One 6-inch diameter hailstone may have set a new state record, the weather service said.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diameter
radius
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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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“Diameter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diameter. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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