Thesaurus results for CIRCUITING

circuiting

verb

present participle of circuit

as in circling

to travel completely around after circuiting the exterior of the church, the procession headed inside

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Recent Examples of circuiting Some call it timeless, but others worry that in the world of quick-circuiting online trends, color drenching might be a regrettable move. — Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026

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The restaurant was loud, with photographers circling the art patrons like vultures.

— Eileen Kelly, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
The possible deal follows major Hollywood studios and streamers earlier circling the movie inspired by the biggest video game of 2025.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of circling

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At the same time, the star’s brightness seemed to dim periodically, suggesting an orbiting planet.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
The planetary system is among the most studied in our galaxy, and its star is known to host 30 orbiting comets and a giant disk of dust and debris, which NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope photographed in detail in 2015.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

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That also means more of the pipeline would be on his property to make up for what is not crossing his neighbors’.

— Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026
And yet crossing the trillion-dollar mark is a remarkable achievement, whether or not AMD continues to straddle the border.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of crossing

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Captured by the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, or SMILE, the footage reveals the full ring of auroral activity encircling Earth's north pole in ultraviolet light, stretching across both the night and day sides of our planet.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Dumas watched, charmed, his arms encircling his wife’s shoulders, and accepted an ice-cream sundae in a silver parfait cup.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

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