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Recent Examples of circlet
Her dyed-blond-and-black circlets have a welcome element of scornfulness, a taunting of judgment.
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Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
The circlet featured a gold band that split off into two different sections, each with its own diamond design.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
According to The Court Jeweller, the tall, platinum and gold circlet piece was created for Queen Mary in 1911, to be worn at a ceremony celebrating her and King George V's coronation as the new emperor and empress of India.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 4 July 2025
The origins of the symbolism of early headdresses, diadems, or circlets to denote authority have been lost, but the use of a crown in coronation was probably linked in origin to the coronation of popes.
—Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2025
Instead the flowers in an insignia, the metal used to make a circlet, the weave of a piece of braided leather armor; any decorative detail is not mere ornamentation.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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
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
Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
The circlet featured a gold band that split off into two different sections, each with its own diamond design.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
According to The Court Jeweller, the tall, platinum and gold circlet piece was created for Queen Mary in 1911, to be worn at a ceremony celebrating her and King George V's coronation as the new emperor and empress of India.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 4 July 2025
The origins of the symbolism of early headdresses, diadems, or circlets to denote authority have been lost, but the use of a crown in coronation was probably linked in origin to the coronation of popes.
—Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2025
Instead the flowers in an insignia, the metal used to make a circlet, the weave of a piece of braided leather armor; any decorative detail is not mere ornamentation.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circlet
Noun
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Each ringlet of pasta is wrapped around a thin rod, just like the earliest pasta makers did, dating back to the year 1,000, according to Barsotti’s research.—
Sarah Blaskovich,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Princess of Wales, who was accompanied by her husband Prince William, embraced retro ringlets à la Sarah Jessica Parker or Julia Roberts.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The woman had diamond rings and other jewelry, as well as cash and keys to a car.—
Kevin Foster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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The team is gathering community support to fundraise for championship rings to memorialize their history-making season.—
Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Gordon ended up suffering a left hamstring strain in Game 6 of Denver’s second-round series against Oklahoma City.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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Slaughter is projected to be a third- or fourth-round pick.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Future closed-loop control systems will likely use online sensors and microfluidic regulators to maintain these within fetal norms.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Raven Loop tunnel was one of more than 480 pitches Boring Company received to build a one-mile long loop tunnel that is 12 feet in diameter.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The label inside the oval places the stop date for most deliveries at April 10.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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The pad at the back is a flat oval that helps keep the buds in place.—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Stacy Jennings posted 2 hits, 2 RBIs and a walk while also dominating in the circle, allowing three hits and zero earned runs.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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It had been mounted on a small platform, which bore a little icon of a pair of feet inside a backslash circle, as though stepping into a guillotine were every museumgoer’s wish.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Circlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circlet. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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