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radius

[rey-dee-uhs] / ˈreɪ di əs /


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Stubbornly high car prices are pushing more buyers to expand their search radius beyond state lines to find a deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

In Modoc County, which borders Oregon and Nevada, one optometrist serves a 90-mile radius.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

By carefully adjusting the radius and depth of each cavity, they could control both the resonance wavelength and the vertical position of the optical mode.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

"When I started out 35 years there were eight shops like mine within a 10km radius," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Imagine a circle with a radius of a few hundred yards—less than a thousand feet—with Francesco’s house at the center.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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