circularize

Definition of circularizenext

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of circularize Once separated, the satellites will use onboard propulsion systems to circularize their orbits at 35,900 km above the equator. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2022 Two rocket firings were required to circularize the orbit at an altitude of 357 miles, 100 miles above the International Space Station. William Harwood, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2021 That torque is provided by Saturn itself, which has tides that tend to circularize and flatten all the orbits of the moons, confining them to the planet's equatorial plane. Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circularize
Verb
  • What makes Flores’ claims particularly noteworthy, however, is the existence of the Rooney Rule, which designates that teams must interview at least two minorities for their top level openings.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
  • During the award ceremony Thursday evening, ESPN’s Holly Rowe interviewed each of the finalists.
    Caitlyn Stroh-Page, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Investigators were seen going door to door on Tuesday as law enforcement continued to canvas the area.
    Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In cities whose voters choose to cut ties with DART, should elections remain scheduled for May, service will stop the day after votes are canvassed, but cities will continue giving sales tax to the agency to pay off debt associated with their contributions.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • More than six out of ten adults surveyed in January said the high court should uphold a lower court ruling limiting the president’s authority to impose tariffs.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
  • That’s significantly more than the 211,000 new applications that analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet had forecast.
    Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Epstein was convicted in Florida state court in 2008 on one count of soliciting prostitution and one count of procuring a minor for prostitution.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Most of the revelations in the files have not revealed journalistic sins, but have highlighted uncomfortably close relationships with New York media figures and a man who had been convicted of soliciting a minor.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Lubesnik is the one called to interrogate the first of several crime scenes in Crime 101, which will put him on an eventual collision course with Davis.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Moreover, sociology is one of the best empirical fields for interrogating the consequences of different values, for how ideas get built into institutions, for how social networks operate across domains.
    Wendy Nelson Espeland, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026

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“Circularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circularize. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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