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PHAs, which are around 460 feet in diameter, have orbits that bring them as close as 4.6 million miles of the Earth's orbit around the sun, NASA notes.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
What wildfire smoke is made up of Wildfire smoke is a mixture of gases, water vapor, air pollutants and fine particulate matter, the latter known as PM2.5, which is at least 30 times smaller in diameter than a human hair.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 June 2025
In the late 1970s, there were 1.3 million American elms with diameters greater than 21 inches in Minnesota.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 24 May 2025
In addition to higher marbling and flavor Holstein rib eyes are smaller in diameter so they can be cut thicker at the same weight, which cooks better.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
What wildfire smoke is made up of Wildfire smoke is a mixture of gases, water vapor, air pollutants and fine particulate matter, the latter known as PM2.5, which is at least 30 times smaller in diameter than a human hair.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 June 2025
In the late 1970s, there were 1.3 million American elms with diameters greater than 21 inches in Minnesota.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 24 May 2025
In addition to higher marbling and flavor Holstein rib eyes are smaller in diameter so they can be cut thicker at the same weight, which cooks better.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diameter
radius
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The discovery of three huge, unexploded bombs dropped by the U.S. airforce during the conflict led to 20,500 people being moved out of the blast radius to safety as bomb disposal experts dove in.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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In May, the company began delivering DoorDash orders to customers within a four-mile radius of the Arboretum Shopping Center in south Charlotte.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
6 June 2025
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“Diameter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diameter. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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