1
as in rolling
to form into a round compact mass
carefully rounded the dough and placed it on a cookie tray
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as in circling
to travel completely around
a monorail for visitors that rounds the park
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as in curving
to turn away from a straight line or course
rounded on the track and headed for the finish line
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Recent Examples of rounding
Foremost, there is the matter of rounding out a power rotation that lost 7-footer Kel’el Ware in the trade.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
Plus, let’s face it, a TV show’s budget is a mere rounding error for a company worth $4 trillion, so does anybody over there really care if only a few nerds watch Foundation?
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James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2026
Data centers are physical assets with long lives, many let to some of the most creditworthy names on earth, and a diversified bond fund thins any single failure to a rounding error.
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Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
The 16-day event will feature food, games and other traditional fair elements, with military flyovers and patriotic pageantry rounding out the festivities.
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Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
Fans of lucky numbers can look forward (or backward) to a series of special dates rounding out the end of June.
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Melina Khan,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Chrome is a rounding error to date.
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Preston Fore,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Los Angeles topped the list with 70 reported attacks, with San Diego, Oakland, Long Beach and San Francisco rounding out the top 33.
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Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
Meanwhile, 5-foot-10 winger Seth Jarvis was a critical top-six contributor, fully rounding out a forward group that had a ton of heavy skill but possessed it in unconventionally small packages.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
Plus, let’s face it, a TV show’s budget is a mere rounding error for a company worth $4 trillion, so does anybody over there really care if only a few nerds watch Foundation?
—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2026
Data centers are physical assets with long lives, many let to some of the most creditworthy names on earth, and a diversified bond fund thins any single failure to a rounding error.
—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
The 16-day event will feature food, games and other traditional fair elements, with military flyovers and patriotic pageantry rounding out the festivities.
—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
Fans of lucky numbers can look forward (or backward) to a series of special dates rounding out the end of June.
—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Chrome is a rounding error to date.
—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Los Angeles topped the list with 70 reported attacks, with San Diego, Oakland, Long Beach and San Francisco rounding out the top 33.
—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
Meanwhile, 5-foot-10 winger Seth Jarvis was a critical top-six contributor, fully rounding out a forward group that had a ton of heavy skill but possessed it in unconventionally small packages.
—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounding
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When Doncic played for the Dallas Mavericks and led them to the 2024 NBA Finals, his two centers — Derek Lively and Daniel Gafford — were exceptional in their roles as lob threats, blocking shots and rolling to the rim.
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All year, the coastline is a unique, peaceful, and untouched place, thanks to its state park status (no one’s rolling a cooler and beach umbrella onto these rocks).
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Variety has learned that Mubi is pursuing the film, with Neon also possibly circling.
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Other wearable tech companies have been circling this space.
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The tracks where the train derailed are on a curving section of a bridge over the Grand Calumet River.
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The innovative Panoramic Display consists of a 48-inch screen curving from door to door along the base of the windshield.
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Known for traversing the comedy club scene throughout the Big Apple, the stand-up artist is taking her talents on the road for the remainder of the year as part of a cross-country tour.
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Every year, about 90% of Central Oregon’s Deschutes River disappears into networks of canals and pipes traversing high desert.
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If a planet is orbiting the closer star, its gravity also slightly bends this light.
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But the extraordinary interest in the IPO was driven by Musk’s plans to make the company an AI leader — including plans to launch orbiting satellite data centers powered by the sun that crunch AI data.
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He was swept away by the Snake River’s current while crossing a shallow section, and his body was recovered by the Ada County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team after a nearly six-hour search over two days.
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Fresh off Scary Movie crossing the $200M mark globally with the biggest opening in franchise history, filmmaker Michael Tiddes has signed with WME for representation.
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Cheers roared from the crowd encircling the concrete arena as two skateboarders slammed into each other at top speed.
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Styled by Brad Goreski, Moore wore a custom cobalt blue Self Portrait gown with an oversized bow encircling the hips, falling into a train.
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“Rounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rounding. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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