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Use potatoes that are extra small, only 1-inch in diameter, such as small red potatoes or small Yukon Gold potatoes.
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Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025
Once decorated, the tree, which is 45 feet in diameter, will glow with 50,000 LED lights.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
The new simulations could now resolve features that spanned distances six times Earth’s 8,000-mile (or 128,000-kilometer) diameter down to tens of thousands of miles—nearly 100 times better than previous simulations.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
That helipad was 50 feet in diameter.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025
Once decorated, the tree, which is 45 feet in diameter, will glow with 50,000 LED lights.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
The new simulations could now resolve features that spanned distances six times Earth’s 8,000-mile (or 128,000-kilometer) diameter down to tens of thousands of miles—nearly 100 times better than previous simulations.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
That helipad was 50 feet in diameter.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diameter
radius
Noun
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The integration of manned and unmanned elements reportedly expanded the combat radius four times compared to a standard infantry squad.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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Pistachio and fig lend it some Mediterranean indulgence, and its radius hovers around you like a halo.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Diameter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diameter. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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