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as in bulbous
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as in smooth
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as in rolled
to form into a round compact mass
carefully rounded the dough and placed it on a cookie tray
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as in circled
to travel completely around
a monorail for visitors that rounds the park
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as in curved
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 rounded
Clint Davis, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
Embracing the ‘90s vibes that have made a major comeback, this rounded leather shoulder bag with its subtle, tortoise-print leather and decorative gold bauble (which doubles as a way to adjust the strap) is perfect for holiday parties and dressier outings like Christmas concerts and ballets.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2024
Purple: Words that can precede the word that means one's head or a prominent, rounded feature on top of a building.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
The actor wore a cream, silk a-line dress from the 60s, its buttoned up, rounded collar a demure giveaway of its era.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
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My great-grandmother in Georgia always wore a full-length dressing gown, while one of my Ohio grandmothers liked silky two-piece sets, and the other preferred flannel nightshirts with a rounded yoke that looked like something out of Little House on the Prairie.
—Clint Davis, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
Embracing the ‘90s vibes that have made a major comeback, this rounded leather shoulder bag with its subtle, tortoise-print leather and decorative gold bauble (which doubles as a way to adjust the strap) is perfect for holiday parties and dressier outings like Christmas concerts and ballets.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2024
Purple: Words that can precede the word that means one's head or a prominent, rounded feature on top of a building.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
The actor wore a cream, silk a-line dress from the 60s, its buttoned up, rounded collar a demure giveaway of its era.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounded
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What are skin tags? Skin tags are generally recognizable as small, bulbous growths connected to the skin with a stalk.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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The island is home to some of the most iconic, and unusual, mammals on Earth, species like orangutans, pygmy elephants and proboscis monkeys with their bulbous noses.—
Mihir Zaveri,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Using a rubber spatula, fold in chocolate chips; stir mixture until smooth, about 1 minute.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2025
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The finish is long, smooth, warming, and lingering sweetness.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Crosby continued his nearly 20-year assault on the Philadelphia Flyers with a 4-point outburst as the Penguins rolled to a 7-3 victory at PPG Paints Arena in their final game before the Christmas break.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
24 Dec. 2024
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Democrats pressing to streamline the prior authorization process in Medicare Advantage have made some last-minute changes that add cost to the plan and could complicate its chances of being rolled into a year-end health deal.—
Victoria Knight,
Axios,
10 Dec. 2024
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Her ghost of Christmas future is a funereal specter without a face, circled by dark moths.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Dec. 2024
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Some of us circled the toys and left the catalog open to strategic pages for all to see.—
Dawn Mitchell,
The Indianapolis Star,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In the map created for the 2022 film, Gotham is three islands that are almost roundish, jagged circles connected by bridges, so the Tricorner Bridge is kind of like the Brooklyn Bridge, but not quite.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
20 Sep. 2024
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Eventually this network consolidates into roundish blobs, and two distinct phases arise—one enriched with LAT and the other with very little LAT but lots of other proteins.—
Trevor GrandPre,
Scientific American,
14 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Some with thermal bonding technology and higher-end materials can get so spherical that the dynamics and the trajectory change.—
Elias Burke,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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Byzantine domes and spherical walls surround hydrotherapy jets that help ease muscle aches.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Never a perfect circle, but dependably rotund, the doughnuts are large enough to tear at greedily and still last the entire drive home.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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The toy, named Psyduck—intended for humans—is a rotund duck-like creature prone to splitting headaches.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2023
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The lounge is done with a circular bronze and quartzite bar top and blue leather stools.—
John Mariani,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Legendary Glow Colour Balm in a circular placement on the apples of the cheeks for a doll-like look.—
Claire Sullivan,
WWD,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Rounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rounded. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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