diameter
Example Sentences
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With a steady hand, she manoeuvred a huge wind turbine section, five metres in diameter, across the yard.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Some early models of the satellite dishes measured 16 feet in diameter, and hundreds of thousands of them sprouted up across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Measuring roughly 55 feet long and 18 feet wide, the float featured a dense seascape of corals, fish and oversize sea stars, some spanning 4 feet in diameter.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2026
The tests ranged from six-to-12m in diameter to represent house platforms of different sizes.
From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026
As always, what appears to be only a yard in diameter is dozens of yards across once we climb inside.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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