circumference

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In a phase 2 trial in Chinese patients with Type 2 diabetes, UBT251 also showed a mean blood sugar reduction of up to 2.16% while improving patient’s waist circumference and blood pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The country has the world's largest rail network -- one-fifth longer than the circumference of the earth.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

But the sheer sort of circumference of the dress makes her a woman who comes into a room and takes up space.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

The star is then assembled by placing a small bowl in the center of the dough layers and cutting around the bowl’s circumference, through all three layers.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025

The technique used to do this involved drawing out the wire from an ingot of silver, with gold around the circumference.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin