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around

[uh-round] / əˈraʊnd /


ADVERB
close to a place
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The full connectome is now freely available online, giving researchers around the world a powerful new resource for neuroscience studies.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

“With the advent of BookTok, it allows you to have so much social chatter around these authors. They’re becoming new rock stars, in a way,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"And it's basically a sea of ions, which is why we base our technology around it, so we can pull those ions out into an electrospray."

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

While Constance never shows for the reading, her presence is still felt, often hovering or circling around the table with movements designed to interpret the tone of the reading.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

I had just started locing my hair and I made the unwise decision to roll around and get sand all through it.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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