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1
as in circling
to travel completely around
communication satellites encircling the earth
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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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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
Verb
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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The attached artist’s studio—built by the Koral Brothers—spans three levels and includes a full bath, an elevator, and an upper-level catwalk with a viewing balcony.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
11 June 2025
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The couple had been at the location for approximately two hours before Hoskins-Ellis arrived in a truck and an attached trailer containing multiple ATVs.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Building a highly connected organization where roadmaps are reflective of broader cross-functional requirements is necessary to deliver capabilities faster and with quality. - Mo Trezies, Euna Solutions 18.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Late last month, Pirelli was told that due to investment linked to the Chinese government, its Cyber Tires may fall afoul of the ban on Chinese connected car software and hardware that was passed under the previous administration.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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Overall, Pro-Tek’s storage and services are very much linked, driving a business mix that is close to 50-50.—
Brent Simon,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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This is when atherosclerosis develops in the arteries of the arms and legs, called the peripheral arteries.—
MD Published,
Verywell Health,
5 June 2025
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The film world premiered in the non-competitive Cannes Premiere section, but clinched a peripheral prize with its canine cast member, sheepdog Panda, beating 24 other candidates to win the Palm Dog.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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“Encircling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encircling. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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