as in circle
something with a perfectly round circumference the windows in the colonial-era statehouse are roundels

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Recent Examples of roundel The bulk of the car’s carbon-fiber exterior is finished in Nadal Red that is broken up by Frozen White on the doors and hood along with Gloss Black on the lower-body trim, wheels, and roundels. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024 Dukec’s team has also used tech to make BMW’s roundel more efficient, at least from a cost point of view. Alex Goy, WIRED, 2 Sep. 2023 The color scheme draws heavily on the 1951 class-winning 356 SL, painted Le Mans Silver Metallic and featuring a roundel on the door with the number 46. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 29 June 2023 Customers have 12 exterior heritage colors to choose from including the Pastel Green of this car, British Racing Green and Pastel Blue with contrasting roundel, as well as the opportunity to select their tailored interior specification from a range of eight leather hues. Nargess Banks, Forbes, 28 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for roundel
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Noun
  • On policy, Democrats are beginning to come together around at least one major issue likely to drive future campaign discourse: There’s a growing desire to move toward economic populism, a relatively new concept within Democratic circles that some are warming up to.
    Hanna Trudo, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
  • This tablet has full Google Gemini integration, including the very useful circle to search.
    Ben Sin, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Voyager 1 discovered a thin ring around Jupiter and several of Saturn's moons, and Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune.
    Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The Swiss luxury brand created 15 high jewelry pieces, consisting of five pairs of earrings, four necklaces, three rings, a bracelet and a jewelry watch.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In the first round of voting, members vote to narrow down nominations, and oftentimes categories are only voted on by voting members of a specific corresponding branch—the actors branch votes for actor categories, the directors branch votes for director categories, and so on.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Roach called for a rematch afterward, disgusted that he was not credited with the knockdown in the ninth round.
    Brian Mahoney, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2025
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  • The final course is presented in a ceramic white orb, which is deconstructed at the table with the ring hidden inside.
    Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Rocket’s kit makes this uniquely possible: His alt fire is a bouncing heal orb which is the sole source of his (very strong) healing.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Roundel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundel. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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