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Recent Examples of semicircle
About a dozen stations form a semicircle around the nurse’s desk.
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Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Men in canoes hanging close to shore broke through the waves into the open ocean to help the hunters form a semicircle around the dolphins and corral them to land.
—Prianka Srinivasan Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Step closer, and the source comes into view: squat metal buildings that look like shipping containers arrayed in a semicircle, thrumming with fans and processors.
—Dina Temple-Raston, Wired News, 23 May 2025
Similarly, Apple’s Newsroom post features the rainbow lettering, topped by a glassy semicircle with hints of the colors onboard.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Men in canoes hanging close to shore broke through the waves into the open ocean to help the hunters form a semicircle around the dolphins and corral them to land.
—Prianka Srinivasan Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Step closer, and the source comes into view: squat metal buildings that look like shipping containers arrayed in a semicircle, thrumming with fans and processors.
—Dina Temple-Raston, Wired News, 23 May 2025
Similarly, Apple’s Newsroom post features the rainbow lettering, topped by a glassy semicircle with hints of the colors onboard.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semicircle
Noun
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At the same time, this research is providing the most current data on climate change in our Northern hemisphere.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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And while it was given the honor because of its frequent sightings on preppy summer colonies from Bar Harbor to Bermuda, its place of origin is an entire hemisphere away.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Aldebaran is crossing the meridian at midnight around Thanksgiving ... and at around 9 p.m. in mid-January.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
18 July 2025
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Moonrise for the Cincinnati area should happen around 6:13 p.m., crossing the meridian at 12:49 a.m. and setting by 7:41 a.m. Thursday, June 12.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Semicircle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semicircle. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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