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radius

[rey-dee-uhs] / ˈreɪ di əs /


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The vessels are prohibited to approach the exclusion zone of three kilometres radius from the volcano, local port authorities said in a statement.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

The research team mapped where the 44,000 unsheltered people lived and superimposed those over maps of the theoretcial one-mile radius security zones.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Some big retailers operate their own distribution centers, typically within a 200-mile radius of stores.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

“The attack surface is exploding. Every ungoverned asset and identity is multiplying the blast radius of AI exponentially,” McDermott told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Willem had the use of an official car for nursing-home business, but only within a radius of Hilversum.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

One possibility is the Milky Way's central bar, whose gravity may cause gas to accumulate at certain radii.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2026

Overall, both mechanisms produce a lack of planets with sizes around two Earth radii.

From Science Daily Feb. 9, 2024

For comparison, the main part of Saturn's rings sits at just three planetary radii from the gas giant.

From Scientific American Feb. 11, 2023

In simulations, the researchers included an object about the size of Iapetus, Saturn’s third largest moon, orbiting about 43 Saturn radii out—between the orbits of Titan and Iapetus.

From Science Magazine Sep. 14, 2022

She turned back around, which took a moment because ponies do not have quick turning radii.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

"We come at night because of the congestion," Patton said, noting that each truck requires a two-driver team to handle the city's turning radiuses.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Workers mapped out turning radiuses for buses, trimmed trees that would brush against bus windshields and painted dedicated bus lanes, she said.

From New York Times Aug. 23, 2022

The leg profile drove the design of the rest of the piece, making soft radiuses on all the surfaces that contact the body while keeping a clean, flush profile on the exterior of the chair.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2016

Importantly, they also do the boring and ore calculations based on different radiuses.

From Forbes Nov. 6, 2012

People have all kinds of words for them now but basically it was two radiuses mixed.

From Time Magazine Archive




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