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Each Christmas tree permit allows the cutting of one tree, which must not exceed 10 feet in height or 6 inches in diameter at the stump.
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Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 7 Nov. 2025
This enables the creation of pixels that are approximately 560 nanometers across, as opposed to the five-micrometer diameter of even micro-OLED pixels.
—PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
If the Earth rotated about its axis every 24 hours, then your position in space would differ by the diameter of Earth — about 12,700 km (7,900 miles) — from the start of the night to the end of the night.
—Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
The pipes were miniature, with a diameter of only 18 millimeters and a wall thickness of just 3 millimeters.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
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Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 7 Nov. 2025
This enables the creation of pixels that are approximately 560 nanometers across, as opposed to the five-micrometer diameter of even micro-OLED pixels.
—PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
If the Earth rotated about its axis every 24 hours, then your position in space would differ by the diameter of Earth — about 12,700 km (7,900 miles) — from the start of the night to the end of the night.
—Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
The pipes were miniature, with a diameter of only 18 millimeters and a wall thickness of just 3 millimeters.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 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 29 Nov. 2025.
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