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Recent Examples of diameter
The small diameter tube restricts instantaneous flow to approximately 8 gpm.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Normally, this is when Taylor would use a 20-inch diameter steel disk to slice the soil open beside the plants and add nitrogen fertilizer.
—Drew Hawkins, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
That’s roughly the mass of a smallish rocky asteroid, perhaps four or five kilometers in diameter.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
Smooth hydrangeas are native to the southern US and produce massive flower heads up to a foot in diameter.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Normally, this is when Taylor would use a 20-inch diameter steel disk to slice the soil open beside the plants and add nitrogen fertilizer.
—Drew Hawkins, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
That’s roughly the mass of a smallish rocky asteroid, perhaps four or five kilometers in diameter.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
Smooth hydrangeas are native to the southern US and produce massive flower heads up to a foot in diameter.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diameter
radius
Noun
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Customers within a four-mile radius of a Little Caesars in Wylie, Texas – a suburb roughly 30 miles outside Dallas – can receive up to two large pizzas, select sides and sodas, roughly 4 1/2 minutes after coming out of the oven.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Chernobyl exclusion zone encompasses the 2,600 sq km area within the 30km radius.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Diameter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diameter. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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