circumference

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Patients also showed improvements relative to placebo on key secondary goals of the trial including waist circumference, blood glucose and blood pressure, they added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

UBT251 led to a mean weight loss of 19.7% after 24 weeks of treatment and also improved patients’ waist circumference, blood glucose, blood pressure, and lipids relative to placebo, the companies said.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Because head circumference in newborns is strongly linked to brain size and later measures of intelligence, the research team examined both finger ratios and head size in a group of 225 newborns.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

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

On his hands and knees, he drags the aerial around the circumference of the cellar, as though roping Volkheimer into the golden armchair.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr