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Other hotels in a nearby radius are bigger and resort-like, while this feels like a home—your private home.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
In just seven months, seven businesses within a three-block radius along North Avenue were slated to shutter.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Her home is just over 2,500 feet from the site in the growing city of Surprise, one of 110 homes in a one-mile radius.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Despite its tiny 10-block radius, Old Town is packed with more than 100 independent restaurants and boutiques.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
In just seven months, seven businesses within a three-block radius along North Avenue were slated to shutter.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Her home is just over 2,500 feet from the site in the growing city of Surprise, one of 110 homes in a one-mile radius.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Despite its tiny 10-block radius, Old Town is packed with more than 100 independent restaurants and boutiques.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for radius
diameter
Noun
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Snowflakes can be two inches in diameter, sometimes six inches, and in rare cases, up to 15 inches across, per BBC Earth.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Jan. 2026
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The team estimated that this cloud is around 120 million miles (200 million kilometers) wide, or around 15,000 times as wide as the diameter of Earth.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Radius.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radius. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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