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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2
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
The series received three nominations this year, rounding out their total number of Emmy nominations in their seven seasons at 11.
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Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
While most broths are perfectly serviceable for rounding out the flavors of a soup or giving a brothy head start to a braise, Epic provides the kind of gelatine-rich base that is worthy of spinning up into a ramen broth for weeknight noodle duty.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
The six new teams rounding out the collection are Indiana, Arizona State, Kansas, Miami, Mississippi State, North Carolina State and Washington.
—Dylan Reffe, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
Keighley has served for the last 15 years as Imax’s first-ever Chief Quality Officer, rounding out several decades of work with the company.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
At the other end of the spectrum, North Carolina ranked as the worst with Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee rounding out the bottom five.
—Josie Cox, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
After shattering expectations in 2024, the Commanders' front office quickly got to work rounding out the roster around Daniels.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Another common mistake people make is rounding their shoulders forward, which abducts the scapula (moves the shoulder blades apart from one another).
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025
The Nashville Film Festival is rounding out its slate with two additional high-profile screenings.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
While most broths are perfectly serviceable for rounding out the flavors of a soup or giving a brothy head start to a braise, Epic provides the kind of gelatine-rich base that is worthy of spinning up into a ramen broth for weeknight noodle duty.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
The six new teams rounding out the collection are Indiana, Arizona State, Kansas, Miami, Mississippi State, North Carolina State and Washington.
—Dylan Reffe, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
Keighley has served for the last 15 years as Imax’s first-ever Chief Quality Officer, rounding out several decades of work with the company.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
At the other end of the spectrum, North Carolina ranked as the worst with Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee rounding out the bottom five.
—Josie Cox, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
After shattering expectations in 2024, the Commanders' front office quickly got to work rounding out the roster around Daniels.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Another common mistake people make is rounding their shoulders forward, which abducts the scapula (moves the shoulder blades apart from one another).
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025
The Nashville Film Festival is rounding out its slate with two additional high-profile screenings.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounding
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The director noticed that the exhausted Sheen couldn't keep his eyes open even when cameras were rolling.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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According to the company’s VP of Product Management for Brokerage, Abhishek Fatehpuria, the plan is to create an initial pool of 10,000 Robinhood Social users in the first quarter of next year, before rolling it out to all customers.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
10 Sep. 2025
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Less than 12 seconds later, the vehicle was off the runway, but the plane had already started circling the airport.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sewell's been absolute granite at tackle, and now he's got Micah circling the matchups on his calendar.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Along the Corniche—a sweeping waterfront promenade curving around the bay—traditional dhows drift past a shimmering skyline of minarets and sculptural skyscrapers.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Here, miles away from the nearest public road, a small canyon carves into curving limestone.—
Eva Frederick,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Sep. 2025
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That same sense of gravity is felt by golfers traversing the dynamic dunes.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Sure, there were attacks and counterattacks and waves of soldiers traversing across No Man’s Land.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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An unforeseen contribution from Juno Juno, meanwhile, has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, collecting information on the giant planet's internal structure, magnetic field, and atmosphere.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Case For Planet Y Simulations show that a world with a mass between Mercury and Earth, orbiting between 100 and 200 AU from the sun and tilted at least 10 degrees, could nudge the Kuiper Belt's plane into a tilt.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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However, doing so is not straightforward, with AI crossing many technology and security domains from data governance to identity and access management.—
Josh Lemos,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Muscles crossing multiple joints such as the hamstrings appear especially vulnerable to variations in playing surfaces, given their central role in sprinting and cutting.—
Michael Hales,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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No other spacecraft has probed beneath the clouds encircling Jupiter the way that Juno has, or has imaged our Solar System’s largest planet so comprehensively and over such extended periods of time.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
3 Sep. 2025
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Nonetheless, its economy has largely adapted to Western sanctions, and Russian forces are advancing in the Donbas, now encircling the city of Pokrovsk and steadily advancing toward Kostyantynivka.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Rounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rounding. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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