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Geofencing capabilities leverage Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS to forge a perimeter around a campus, which guarantees that any call placed within a certain radius will go directly to campus police.
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Kevin Mullins, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
But there are also plenty of tight binary systems, where the stars orbit each other at a radius that would place them both comfortably inside our Solar System.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
Though the eruption was smaller and not explosive, officials warn that residents and tourists should not go within a 3.5-mile radius of the volcano.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2025
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
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Kevin Mullins, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
But there are also plenty of tight binary systems, where the stars orbit each other at a radius that would place them both comfortably inside our Solar System.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
Though the eruption was smaller and not explosive, officials warn that residents and tourists should not go within a 3.5-mile radius of the volcano.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for radius
diameter
Noun
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Observations through telescopes suggest Psyche is roughly 140 miles (226 kilometers) in diameter, or about the width of Massachusetts.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 June 2025
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The storms also produced large hail, measured over 3.5 inches in diameter, and led to flash flooding, particularly in Fargo and Bemidji, according to local reports.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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“Radius.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radius. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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