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Recent Examples of roundness
Senes experimented with gravity and curves, using foam to sculpt garments reflecting the moon’s roundness.
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Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
The aged lees add a complexity and roundness that elevates the wine and Early Mountain’s commitment to the variety.
—Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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
Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
The aged lees add a complexity and roundness that elevates the wine and Early Mountain’s commitment to the variety.
—Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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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Suddenly, LeBron looked, if not his age, then at least a rough approximation of it.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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The Giants have an approximation of Oracle’s outfield dimensions at Papago Park, but without the bricks.—
Susan Slusser,
San Francisco Chronicle,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Interest in imperfection, roughness, and asymmetry was already growing in the digital era before AI arrived.—
Andrey Mir,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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There is still a little roughness around the edges.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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The evidence is considered very low certainty due to the studies’ risk of bias, inconsistency, and imprecision.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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With the names of the two Kansas Cities firmly established over time, complaints about their dullness or geographical inaccuracy were largely confined to letters to the editor.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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When inaccuracies do crop up, ghostwriters often take the fall.—
Emily Hodgson Anderson,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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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 2 Apr. 2026.
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