circumference
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And it was a nerve-shredding putt from inside three feet that travelled most of the circumference of the hole before dropping that deservedly saw Korda home.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
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
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
The country has the world's largest rail network -- one-fifth longer than the circumference of the earth.
From Barron's • Dec. 26, 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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