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circumference

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


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These may include direct measures of body composition or simpler alternatives such as skinfold measurements or body circumference indicators like the waist-to-height ratio.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Patients also showed improvements relative to placebo on key secondary goals of the trial including waist circumference, blood glucose and blood pressure, they added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

The country has the world's largest rail network -- one-fifth longer than the circumference of the earth.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

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

Construction crews stretched barbed-wire fencing across the entire twenty-seven-mile border separating East from West Berlin, and also around the entire ninety-seven-mile circumference of West Berlin itself.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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