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circumference

[ser-kuhm-fer-uhns] / sərˈkʌm fər əns /


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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

Higher 2D:4D ratios, which point to greater prenatal estrogen exposure, were associated with larger head circumference.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 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

On the other hand, suppose our time traveler had persuaded Queen Isabella that Columbus’ geography was faulty, that from Eratosthenes’ estimate of the circumference of the Earth, Columbus could never reach Asia.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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