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cylindrical

[si-lin-dri-kuhl] / sɪˈlɪn drɪ kəl /


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That’s right: Oprah Winfrey persuaded her followers to buy a cylindrical glass container holding paper and air, for $45.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Stored in an open-air warehouse in tropical Darwin, Australia, are dozens of trays containing cylindrical cores of rock.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

He’s most famous for taking cylindrical soup cans and making them flat, but he also saw celebrity culture coming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

One of them is typing furiously as his eyes dart from the screen to the robot: "The idea is it will grab that cylindrical piece and move it over there."

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

We walk across the glass, which is now a floor rather than a ceiling, through a cylindrical room with glass walls.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth




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