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Instead, you’ll be relegated to (gasp) manually pausing audio from the three-button control center on the right ear cup’s exterior circlet.—Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 28 Apr. 2023 But today most astronomers agree that these young-looking circlets are likely to be scarcely more than 100 million years old, the remnants of a multimoon destruction derby perhaps.—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024 As for tiaras: Brace yourselves, ye lovers of grandeur and glitter, for there are distressing reports that, as part of scaling down and cutting back on the glitter factor, Catherine, the Princess of Wales and the next queen, will wear not a tiara but a circlet of flowers.—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023 For a more modern look, Camilla might also choose to remove the arches of the Garrard piece by wearing it as a circlet, just like Queen Mary did for the coronation of King George VI in 1937.—Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023 Queen Mary wears the crown as a circlet at the 1937 coronation of her son, King George VI.—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Apr. 2023 The girl was wearing a small circlet over her baby hair, and wearing a onesie with white embroidery.—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 9 Apr. 2023 The arches can be removed so the piece can be worn as a circlet, which is what Mary did for her son's coronation in 1937.—Leena Kim, Town & Country, 18 Mar. 2023 Peter Cottontail gets a glamorous touch in this elegant circlet of greenery, grapevine, and gold.—Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 31 Jan. 2023
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