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Recent Examples of semicircle
Elsewhere a young pirate boy grins so broadly that the bottom half of his face is enveloped in a perfect semicircle of teeth.
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Maya Phillips, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Black Rock City is laid out in a semicircle, with streets named alphabetically from A to J and sections named for times.
—Siobhan McAndrew, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Many wineries build a semicircle of rocks around the hoyos, each with its own style, to protect the vines from the Atlantic Ocean trade winds.
—Lauren David, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
The two remaining vehicles in the study – the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ford F-150 – fell between these extremes, both for the available near-view in 2023 (50% and 36% of the semicircle, respectively) and the proportional reduction over time (25% and 21% – the F150 was very restricted even in 2001).
—Ian Baker
august 21, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025
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Maya Phillips, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Black Rock City is laid out in a semicircle, with streets named alphabetically from A to J and sections named for times.
—Siobhan McAndrew, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Many wineries build a semicircle of rocks around the hoyos, each with its own style, to protect the vines from the Atlantic Ocean trade winds.
—Lauren David, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
The two remaining vehicles in the study – the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ford F-150 – fell between these extremes, both for the available near-view in 2023 (50% and 36% of the semicircle, respectively) and the proportional reduction over time (25% and 21% – the F150 was very restricted even in 2001).
—Ian Baker
august 21, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semicircle
Noun
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An ongoing conflict could worsen the hemisphere’s refugee crisis, something the White House has tried to tamp down with stricter border controls.—
Steven Sloan,
Fortune,
4 Jan. 2026
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But, half a century after the Pinochet coup, there is a disquieting trend in the hemisphere.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Back treatments address muscle tension while clearing meridian blockages.—
Pooja Shah,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, moonrise for the Indianapolis area will happen by roughly 9:18 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, crossing the meridian at 1:49 a.m. before setting at 6:58 a.m.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Semicircle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semicircle. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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