ring-shaped

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The team tested PapB on three different GLP-1-like peptides, and in each case, the enzyme converted the linear molecules into ring-shaped versions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

From its humble beginnings when the founders worked out of Jobs’ family garage, Apple has ballooned over the last five decades, opening a sprawling ring-shaped headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., and employing roughly 166,000 workers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Also known as the Chagos Archipelago, there are around 60 individual islands, grouped together in seven ring-shaped coral atolls.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Some placentas have evolved to be disklike, some are leaf-shaped, some ring-shaped, heart-shaped; some are ridged, branched, labyrinthine, or weblike.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024

Fina takes out her binoculars, some Twizzlers, and a big bag of Donitas—these crunchy ring-shaped Mexican snacks her mom lets her have in her lunchbox on Fridays.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish