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radius

[rey-dee-uhs] / ˈreɪ di əs /


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This follows as it used existing venues and infrastructure within an eight-mile radius.

From BBC Aug. 3, 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

Bavi had been on track on Friday to be the largest typhoon to hit Taiwan in more than 30 years, but since then its strong-wind radius has shrunk to 350 kilometres, Cheng said.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

Everyone within a three-seat radius turned to look at me.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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

From Science Daily Feb. 9, 2024

Astronomers from Germany and Switzerland have uncovered evidence of how the enigmatic gap in the size distribution of exoplanets at around two Earth radii emerges.

From Science Daily Feb. 9, 2024

As a class, such stars are among the largest in the universe, with radii up to 1,500 times that of our sun and masses of up to 40 times larger than our home star.

From Scientific American Jul. 21, 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

It was all a question of the angle and radii at which the DNA strands twisted about the central axis.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

"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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