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 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 So far researchers have been able to excavate much of the roundel itself. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 Sep. 2022 One iconic roundel is the Goseck Circle, an ancient observatory found in Germany. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for roundel 
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Noun
  • Lost among the headlines and hand-wringing in media circles, though, is the fact that — to some extent, at least — craters like this pop up after every presidential election.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Begin building a strong reputation outside your immediate circle.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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  • Earlier this year, French, Italian, and Swiss police forces teamed up to bust a ring of wine fraudsters who were selling counterfeited Grand Cru wines (the premier designation of quality in French wine) for up to €15,000 a bottle.
    Chris Hall, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
  • As of April, Mizuhara had net losses of $40.2 million with the ring, the complaint states.
    Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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  • Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Charbonnet was selected in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft, just one season after Seattle selected Walker in the very same round.
    Theo Gremminger, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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  • Nations: Our proudest moments include the inclusion of our orb bottles and Dasani in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and the Marvel Heroes Campaign.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Haruki Murakami’s new novel, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, features an imaginary world that is both intricate and baffling: A parallel universe contains a walled city, which contains a library, which contains orbs that contain people’s dreams.
    Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024

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“Roundel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundel. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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