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circumference

[ser-kuhm-fer-uhns] / sərˈkʌm fər əns /


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In a phase 2 trial in Chinese patients with Type 2 diabetes, UBT251 also showed a mean blood sugar reduction of up to 2.16% while improving patient’s waist circumference and blood pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

UBT251 led to a mean weight loss of 19.7% after 24 weeks of treatment and also improved patients’ waist circumference, blood glucose, blood pressure, and lipids relative to placebo, the companies said.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

But the sheer sort of circumference of the dress makes her a woman who comes into a room and takes up space.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

The star is then assembled by placing a small bowl in the center of the dough layers and cutting around the bowl’s circumference, through all three layers.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025

He used the smallest possible circumference of the Earth and the greatest eastward extension of Asia he could find in all the books available to him, and then exaggerated even those.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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