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Recent Examples of roundness
In the past, it was widely planted and consumed for its roundness and fruitiness, often serving as a blending grape.
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Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
And that feels like the roundness of a life.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Senes experimented with gravity and curves, using foam to sculpt garments reflecting the moon’s roundness.
—Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
In the heart, the aged oud takes place alongside licorice and patchouli, adding both spice and earthiness while allowing the wood’s creamy roundness to shine.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025
Her hand went to her stomach, to feel for the roundness that had been there.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The results presented at ECTC show CMP being taken to another level, not just flattening across the wafer but reducing mere nanometers of roundness on the insulation between the copper pads to ensure better connections.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2024
Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
And that feels like the roundness of a life.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Senes experimented with gravity and curves, using foam to sculpt garments reflecting the moon’s roundness.
—Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
In the heart, the aged oud takes place alongside licorice and patchouli, adding both spice and earthiness while allowing the wood’s creamy roundness to shine.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025
Her hand went to her stomach, to feel for the roundness that had been there.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The results presented at ECTC show CMP being taken to another level, not just flattening across the wafer but reducing mere nanometers of roundness on the insulation between the copper pads to ensure better connections.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roundness
Noun
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Since the Neo Geo’s scaling hardware can efficiently stretch those sprites vertically without much overhead, the raycasting data can be quickly converted into a chunky approximation of a first-person view.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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Meaning, a wrong answer that reflects domain understanding rather than a plausible-sounding approximation.—
Sam Mugel,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Noun
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But even something about this roughness seems, in its way, right.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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That means that one in every 17 miles of Idaho roads studied scored poor on the roughness index.—
Rose Evans
May 11,
Idaho Statesman,
11 May 2026
Noun
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The imprecision in his birthdate, which differs from the singularness in the date of his death, feels like an open wound where the dying is more certain than the living.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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A certain amount of confusion and imprecision is built into the use of the term.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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According to reports, employees expressed their gratitude that their experiences with inaccuracies by the technology were heard.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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After nearly 50 years of Iowa and New Hampshire leading the Democratic primary schedule, a 2020 Iowa caucus plagued by voting issues and inaccuracies convinced Democrats to change things up.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
Noun
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But many seemingly urbane texts also benefited from the intellectual and moral coarseness of their times.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Roundness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundness. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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