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The eX has an 86-inch wheelbase, rumbles on 13-inch wheels with DOT street tires as standard (but can be optioned with winter or all-terrain rubber), and has a turning radius of 167 inches (424 cm).
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New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
For the time being, Weir's business operates within a tighter radius.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Aaron said tying the gunman to the apps made little sense because the app only works if somebody else is reporting ICE activity within a 5-mile radius of another iPhone user.
—Danny Bakst, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
The restricted zone extends in a 15-nautical-mile radius stretching from downtown Chicago to north of Evanston, west of Elmhurst and south of Dolton.
—Alex Dvorak, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
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New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
For the time being, Weir's business operates within a tighter radius.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Aaron said tying the gunman to the apps made little sense because the app only works if somebody else is reporting ICE activity within a 5-mile radius of another iPhone user.
—Danny Bakst, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
The restricted zone extends in a 15-nautical-mile radius stretching from downtown Chicago to north of Evanston, west of Elmhurst and south of Dolton.
—Alex Dvorak, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for radius
diameter
Noun
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Start with a pot that’s 12 inches in diameter.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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The new simulations could now resolve features that spanned distances six times Earth’s 8,000-mile (or 128,000-kilometer) diameter down to tens of thousands of miles – nearly 100 times better than previous simulations.—
Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Radius.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radius. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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