1
as in rolling
to form into a round compact mass
carefully rounded the dough and placed it on a cookie tray
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as in circling
to travel completely around
a monorail for visitors that rounds the park
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as in curving
to turn away from a straight line or course
rounded on the track and headed for the finish line
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Recent Examples of rounding
Foremost, there is the matter of rounding out a power rotation that lost 7-footer Kel’el Ware in the trade.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
Plus, let’s face it, a TV show’s budget is a mere rounding error for a company worth $4 trillion, so does anybody over there really care if only a few nerds watch Foundation?
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James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2026
Data centers are physical assets with long lives, many let to some of the most creditworthy names on earth, and a diversified bond fund thins any single failure to a rounding error.
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Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
The 16-day event will feature food, games and other traditional fair elements, with military flyovers and patriotic pageantry rounding out the festivities.
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Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
Fans of lucky numbers can look forward (or backward) to a series of special dates rounding out the end of June.
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Melina Khan,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Chrome is a rounding error to date.
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Preston Fore,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Los Angeles topped the list with 70 reported attacks, with San Diego, Oakland, Long Beach and San Francisco rounding out the top 33.
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Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
Meanwhile, 5-foot-10 winger Seth Jarvis was a critical top-six contributor, fully rounding out a forward group that had a ton of heavy skill but possessed it in unconventionally small packages.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
Plus, let’s face it, a TV show’s budget is a mere rounding error for a company worth $4 trillion, so does anybody over there really care if only a few nerds watch Foundation?
—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2026
Data centers are physical assets with long lives, many let to some of the most creditworthy names on earth, and a diversified bond fund thins any single failure to a rounding error.
—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
The 16-day event will feature food, games and other traditional fair elements, with military flyovers and patriotic pageantry rounding out the festivities.
—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
Fans of lucky numbers can look forward (or backward) to a series of special dates rounding out the end of June.
—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Chrome is a rounding error to date.
—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Los Angeles topped the list with 70 reported attacks, with San Diego, Oakland, Long Beach and San Francisco rounding out the top 33.
—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
Meanwhile, 5-foot-10 winger Seth Jarvis was a critical top-six contributor, fully rounding out a forward group that had a ton of heavy skill but possessed it in unconventionally small packages.
—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounding
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When Doncic played for the Dallas Mavericks and led them to the 2024 NBA Finals, his two centers — Derek Lively and Daniel Gafford — were exceptional in their roles as lob threats, blocking shots and rolling to the rim.
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All year, the coastline is a unique, peaceful, and untouched place, thanks to its state park status (no one’s rolling a cooler and beach umbrella onto these rocks).
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The evening of the shoot, there was frequent hum of tourist helicopters circling the island, and a few party boats blasting music, which threatened to put a damper on the plans.
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Minutes later the pike was just under the surface, circling close to the boat.
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The tracks where the train derailed are on a curving section of a bridge over the Grand Calumet River.
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The innovative Panoramic Display consists of a 48-inch screen curving from door to door along the base of the windshield.
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From the Higgs to the Next Frontier The road to the FCC remains long, and Europe has been traversing it for years.
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Spending a year in California versus a month traversing small town America is a big difference.
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For a generation of millennial founders and the professionals orbiting them, the most consequential business development of the year is happening nowhere near an office, a conference badge, or a LinkedIn message.
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been probing for atmospheres around other rocky worlds orbiting red dwarfs, such as those in the TRAPPIST-1 system.
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Prosecutors said the children were then transported to El Paso after crossing the border.
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Hopes have risen that crude supplies will improve markedly with the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that’s key for the world’s oil transport, even though the number of ships crossing the strait is still limited.
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Cheers roared from the crowd encircling the concrete arena as two skateboarders slammed into each other at top speed.
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Styled by Brad Goreski, Moore wore a custom cobalt blue Self Portrait gown with an oversized bow encircling the hips, falling into a train.
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“Rounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rounding. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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