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There are also other public courses and Golf Digest says Tucson has 26 public courses within a 15-mile radius—and that 15-miles is full of amazing things to eat and drink.
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This includes severe thunderstorms, lightning within the festival radius and excessive wind, hail and flooding.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
As gravity is related to mass, the size of an event horizon, also known as the Schwarzschild radius — after Karl Schwarzschild, the first physicist to solve the equations of general relativity and inadvertently predict the existence of black holes — also depends on the mass of a black hole.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Normally, that would be a recipe for some edge-of-your-seat action, although Ben Hopkins’ script makes clear early on that the bomb is just a distraction, while an even more sinister plot is ticking within the blast radius.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This includes severe thunderstorms, lightning within the festival radius and excessive wind, hail and flooding.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
As gravity is related to mass, the size of an event horizon, also known as the Schwarzschild radius — after Karl Schwarzschild, the first physicist to solve the equations of general relativity and inadvertently predict the existence of black holes — also depends on the mass of a black hole.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Normally, that would be a recipe for some edge-of-your-seat action, although Ben Hopkins’ script makes clear early on that the bomb is just a distraction, while an even more sinister plot is ticking within the blast radius.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for radius
diameter
Noun
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Their main burrow entrance is 10 to 12-inch diameter hole with burrow systems that are 30 feet in length.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
21 Sep. 2025
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The circular piece has a 12-inch diameter that can pack away toys, small blankets, slippers, and more to declutter high-traffic areas.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Radius.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radius. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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