1
as in circling
to travel completely around
communication satellites encircling the earth
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2
as in encompassing
to form a circle around
immediately after announcing their engagement, the couple was encircled by their applauding friends
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as in surrounding
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Recent Examples of encircling
Calmatters, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
The flower has a row of large outer petals (guard petals) encircling a center of petalodes or small, narrow yellow inner petals.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2025
Numerous tour operators offer boating excursions encircling it.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The team created a system of panels and hinges that stretch locally to overcome the difficulty of encircling curved objects with flat sheets without creases.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 Feb. 2025
Among its customizable features are the color ring encircling the dial, offered in 150 hues, and various strap and stitching choices.
—Ming Liu, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Known as an Einstein ring, the halo was captured in photos encircling a galaxy nearly 590 million light-years away, which is considered close by cosmic standards.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
When the Army announced plans to add another barbed wire fence tightly encircling the residential barracks, responses varied dramatically.
—Eric Muller, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
Spelling Bee online is presented as six hexagons encircling a seventh.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
One audience member, a lifelong resident, commented that funnelling fleeing motorists into a single highway encircling the lake would be dangerous.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
The flower has a row of large outer petals (guard petals) encircling a center of petalodes or small, narrow yellow inner petals.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2025
Numerous tour operators offer boating excursions encircling it.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The team created a system of panels and hinges that stretch locally to overcome the difficulty of encircling curved objects with flat sheets without creases.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 Feb. 2025
Among its customizable features are the color ring encircling the dial, offered in 150 hues, and various strap and stitching choices.
—Ming Liu, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Known as an Einstein ring, the halo was captured in photos encircling a galaxy nearly 590 million light-years away, which is considered close by cosmic standards.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
When the Army announced plans to add another barbed wire fence tightly encircling the residential barracks, responses varied dramatically.
—Eric Muller, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
Spelling Bee online is presented as six hexagons encircling a seventh.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encircling
Verb
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Robinson’s effectiveness for Fulham, detailed here by The Athletic, has created plenty of speculation about whether some of the big clubs might be circling for a January signing.—
Paul Tenorio,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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The circling speculation on the 41-year-old future Hall of Famer is that the Jets will release him or that Rodgers could even retire from the NFL.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Today 30 species fly freely throughout Pelican Island and the surrounding archipelagos off the coast of Vero Beach.—
Kara Franker,
Southern Living,
4 Jan. 2025
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In another court challenge, the drama surrounding beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting significantly ramped up this week.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There’s also new sports betting kiosks, an attached restaurant and private seating areas.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Wasserman Schultz said each cage contained three small toilets with attached sinks, which detainees use for drinking water and brushing their teeth, sharing the same water used to flush the toilets.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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On the other hand, there is the connected device: the robot, the vehicle, the drone or even the industrial sensor, triggering a chain of decisions.—
Ivo Ivanov,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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That’s what roots the show, so Judi and Stonehurst feel connected in that way to the lore of the show.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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And never log into any Google account through a linked or popup sign-in prompt.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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No one can peer at their respective architectures, weights (the various connection strengths among linked neurons), or activations (what numbers are being calculated given the inputs and weights while the models are running) without the company granting special access.—
Jonathan L. Zittrain,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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At much higher doses, peripheral mechanisms can take over, but in real-world clinical use, the brain’s contribution could be key.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Don't stare directly at the radiant; instead, scan the sky and use your peripheral vision for the best chance of catching faint streaks.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Encircling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encircling. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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