radius

noun

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as in diameter

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Recent Examples of radius In 2025, the brand launched the Cotton Project, a T-shirt and denim collection made of cotton grown, ginned, spun, knit, cut and sewn all within a 400-mile radius of the brand’s headquarters. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2026 Each new lightning flash in the 8-mile radius resets the timer. — Chris Vagasky, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026 The hope down on Melrose is such a deal would render moot the March 2, 2027, trial start date currently on the calendar in federal court – and all the financial and political blast radius that comes with it for the Trump-friendly Ellisons. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2026 What was needed was someone who was about as far as possible from the establishment and its blast radius. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for radius
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diameter
Noun
  • The duration of totality is a function of the diameter of the moon's shadow.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Apple's design uses a large-diameter, low-speed fan that can move a high volume of air at very low rotational speed.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026
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“Radius.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radius. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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