diameter

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Recent Examples of diameter In the overnight hours heading into Memorial Day, six tornadoes -- five in Texas and one in New Mexico -- were reported and hail up to 6 inches in diameter fell in Afton, Texas. Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 26 May 2025 At 240 feet in diameter, the pool is the largest mineral spring in the world. Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2025 Choose from five different sizes, ranging from 17 to 32 inches in diameter. Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 24 May 2025 Meteorologists say the area could see heavy rainfall, wind gusts of up to 70 mph and hail up to two inches in diameter. Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for diameter
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radius
Noun
  • The discovery of three huge, unexploded bombs dropped by the U.S. airforce during the conflict led to 20,500 people being moved out of the blast radius to safety as bomb disposal experts dove in.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 June 2025
  • In May, the company began delivering DoorDash orders to customers within a four-mile radius of the Arboretum Shopping Center in south Charlotte.
    Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2025

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“Diameter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diameter. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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