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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2
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
Cameras are rolling on BritBox‘s modern reimagining of Agatha Christie‘s Tommy and Tuppence detective stories, with the series rounding out its cast.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
Across tens of thousands of customers, that delta isn’t a rounding error.
—Erik Huberman, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
At the time, many simulations would derail after running for a few weeks, as rounding errors at the grid points artificially amplified atmospheric waves.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The Ohio State Buckeyes remain in the top spot, with the Penn State Nittany Lions, LSU Tigers, Hurricanes and Georgia Bulldogs rounding out the top five.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
The series received three nominations this year, rounding out their total number of Emmy nominations in their seven seasons at 11.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
While most broths are perfectly serviceable for rounding out the flavors of a soup or giving a brothy head start to a braise, Epic provides the kind of gelatine-rich base that is worthy of spinning up into a ramen broth for weeknight noodle duty.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
The six new teams rounding out the collection are Indiana, Arizona State, Kansas, Miami, Mississippi State, North Carolina State and Washington.
—Dylan Reffe, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
After shattering expectations in 2024, the Commanders' front office quickly got to work rounding out the roster around Daniels.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
Across tens of thousands of customers, that delta isn’t a rounding error.
—Erik Huberman, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
At the time, many simulations would derail after running for a few weeks, as rounding errors at the grid points artificially amplified atmospheric waves.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The Ohio State Buckeyes remain in the top spot, with the Penn State Nittany Lions, LSU Tigers, Hurricanes and Georgia Bulldogs rounding out the top five.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
The series received three nominations this year, rounding out their total number of Emmy nominations in their seven seasons at 11.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
While most broths are perfectly serviceable for rounding out the flavors of a soup or giving a brothy head start to a braise, Epic provides the kind of gelatine-rich base that is worthy of spinning up into a ramen broth for weeknight noodle duty.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
The six new teams rounding out the collection are Indiana, Arizona State, Kansas, Miami, Mississippi State, North Carolina State and Washington.
—Dylan Reffe, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
After shattering expectations in 2024, the Commanders' front office quickly got to work rounding out the roster around Daniels.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounding
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On the screen were images of rolling hills, deer frolicking in the forest, and waves crashing on the shore.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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With the Seattle Seahawks up by three and kicking off to Pittsburgh, the ball came down in the landing zone before rolling into the endzone.—
Mike Straw,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Fans eagerly flipped through its pages, circling premiere dates and planning their weekly schedules around prime-time lineups.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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On Day 8, Vengrinovich noticed a helicopter circling along the peak of the mountain about 4,000 meters up.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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The majority of ensembles / possible model tracks have this curving away from Florida and potentially even the entire United States.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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And for an array of artisanal gelati and yogurt, Bella Blu (Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 7/8) is a good way to end a meal or begin a walk around Monopoli’s curving Lungomare.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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That same sense of gravity is felt by golfers traversing the dynamic dunes.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Sure, there were attacks and counterattacks and waves of soldiers traversing across No Man’s Land.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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An unforeseen contribution from Juno Juno, meanwhile, has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, collecting information on the giant planet's internal structure, magnetic field, and atmosphere.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Case For Planet Y Simulations show that a world with a mass between Mercury and Earth, orbiting between 100 and 200 AU from the sun and tilted at least 10 degrees, could nudge the Kuiper Belt's plane into a tilt.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The smallest, what are called ultrafine particles, even slip through the alveolar capillary barrier itself, crossing into the bloodstream, and from there travel throughout the body, including to the heart, the brain, and the kidneys to initiate even more destruction and disease (see below).—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Sebastián Tarabal, a Native guide, helped Anza identify a desert crossing on an exploratory expedition in 1774.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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No other spacecraft has probed beneath the clouds encircling Jupiter the way that Juno has, or has imaged our Solar System’s largest planet so comprehensively and over such extended periods of time.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
3 Sep. 2025
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Nonetheless, its economy has largely adapted to Western sanctions, and Russian forces are advancing in the Donbas, now encircling the city of Pokrovsk and steadily advancing toward Kostyantynivka.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Rounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rounding. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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