rounding

verb

present participle of round
1
as in rolling
to form into a round compact mass carefully rounded the dough and placed it on a cookie tray

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2
as in circling
to travel completely around a monorail for visitors that rounds the park

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3
as in curving
to turn away from a straight line or course rounded on the track and headed for the finish line

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Recent Examples of rounding This autumn, there are plenty of comedians rounding the country, all primed to provide you with boundless laughs. — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 1 Oct. 2026 Icebreaker, Netflix‘s upcoming hockey romance series, is rounding out its main cast. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026 Not enough praise can be heaped upon the excellent cast (in addition to those mentioned above, there’s the terrific Nia Otchere-Sarfo and Jordan Rice rounding out the clique). — Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026 Chicago placed fourth, with major cities across the country, from Jacksonville to Columbus, rounding out the list. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026 This mission will bring Electron’s 2026 total to 15, with three other launches this year of Rocket Lab’s suborbital HASTE rocket rounding out the sum. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026 His arrival has opened up space for others, with Taylor Calheira netting three in that space and goals from Stephen Afrifa, Jacob Bartlett and Wyatt Meyer rounding out the total. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026 The Nazis marked Jewish passports to identify their holders, prevent them from leaving the country and eventually facilitate rounding them up for mass murder. — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026 Dance routines In the final rundown, Qatar dropped down to second place, with Cathay Pacific Airways, Japan’s All Nippon Airways, Turkish Airlines and Emirates rounding out the top six. — Barry Neild, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounding
  1. rolling
  2. circling
  3. curving
  4. traversing
  5. orbiting
  6. crossing
  7. encircling
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  • The company is rolling Concierge out in early access to some users, with plans to expand availability over time.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Located on a quiet lane, a stay here offers the best of the UK countryside with rolling hills and farmland on one side.
    — Katie Silcox, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of rolling
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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
Verb
  • That’s apt because the technological stroke that’s allowed Jamestown to revive One Times Square’s interiors is the evolution of digital screens that can slink along curving walls and respond to touch.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The unintended effect of low-density construction, restrictive zoning, and curving roads is a staggering increase in the distance between destinations.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of curving
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  • Frith has three friends with her when she’s first seen traversing the marshes.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The production’s adventurousness, traversing every corner of Brad Bentz’s scenic design, can have a diffuse effect.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of traversing
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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
Definition of orbiting
Verb
  • 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
Definition of encircling

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“Rounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rounding. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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