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Recent Examples of circumference Nutrients reported that artichoke leaf extract reversed the symptoms of metabolic syndrome, including waist circumference and high blood sugar, in obese rats fed a high-fat diet.7 The same has yet to be shown in humans. Yasmine S. Ali, Verywell Health, 3 July 2025 What is pi? March 14 (think 3.14) is commonly referred to as Pi Day, a day that aims to celebrate the ratio of the circumference of a circle. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 The researchers also acknowledged that body fat percentage thresholds haven’t yet been as standardized as BMI and waist circumference. Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025 It was found bent in half; if extended, the piece would measure about three inches long—only part of the bracelet’s original circumference. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for circumference
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Noun
  • Along this path, numerous trees were snapped, topped or severely damaged, including a sycamore tree 3 feet in diameter that was uprooted in winds estimated at 90 mph, according to the NWS.
    Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2025
  • Based on their results, the crater was significantly smaller, about 16 kilometers in diameter.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Instead of focusing exclusively on perimeter defense models, organizations must understand the types of PII today's bad actors possess—and use that information against them to build strong and sustainable security postures.
    Damon Fleury, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Firefighters continued to battle the fire on all sides, utilizing heavy equipment in some areas to establish a perimeter on the blaze and extinguish hot spots.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • Measuring radii and masses of stars appears to be out of scientists’ reach.
    Andrej Prša, The Conversation, 23 July 2025
  • However, legislators noted, as of June 2025 only about 65,000 hotel rooms exist within a hundred-mile radius of the city.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • There, leaning against the edge of his desk, dressed in his trademark grey suit, is the first-ever Audio-Animatronic of Walt Disney.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Pearl Cove Beach Club Located at the western edge of Celebration Key, Pearl Cove offers an exclusive experience for an additional cost.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • The feature can be found around 25 degrees south of the lunar equator close to the terminator, which is the line separating the dayside and nightside of the moon, close to the prominent Werner and Aliacensis Craters.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 July 2025
  • The band of clouds that forms across the planet’s equator at this time of year, called the aphelion cloud belt, is on prominent display in Odyssey’s new panorama.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • The lodge, built in 1937, was the sole hotel within the North Rim's park boundaries.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
  • Even in heated moments, the relationship remains unaffected at its roots because conflict stays within respectable boundaries.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Curry is a pure shooter, while Morant is extremely athletic and is elite at attacking the rim.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
  • The Notre Dame product is relentless in attacking the rim, and putting pressure on defenders who are back-peddling to get in position.
    Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • When Biden was president, the U.S.-Mexico border was overrun by hundreds of thousands of migrants were crossed illegally.
    Nicole Russell, USA Today, 24 July 2025
  • After Sabraw ruled that such separations of families arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border were unconstitutional, the focus of the litigation turned to reunification.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025

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“Circumference.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumference. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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