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 bulk of the car’s carbon-fiber exterior is finished in Nadal Red that is broken up by Frozen White on the doors and hood along with Gloss Black on the lower-body trim, wheels, and roundels. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024 Dukec’s team has also used tech to make BMW’s roundel more efficient, at least from a cost point of view. Alex Goy, WIRED, 2 Sep. 2023 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 See All Example Sentences for roundel
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Noun
  • Demons move in waves over cliffs slick with rain, cultists chanting in perfect circles, pentagrams glowing beneath their feet.
    Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The idea gained additional attention in right-wing circles after Republican Tennessee Representative Andy Ogles in January proposed changing the Constitution to allow Trump to serve a third term in office.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There are two executions: one with teal elements on the continents and city ring and another with the continents and city ring in gray.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Sweeney opted not to wear her engagement ring for the photoshoot.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Gall quickly submitted Punk in the first round to hand the WWE legend the loss.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • This way, if, say, Abdul Carter falls to No. 4 in Round 1, the Pats can grab him, then take an offensive tackle in the second round without the wide receiver position being a total mess.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Such a white dwarf is small but extraordinarily dense, squeezing about as much mass as our sun into an orb only about the size of Earth!
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2025
  • During the Jewish Passover, the egg takes on many ritualistic roles; the roasted or hard-boiled orb is center stage on the seder plate symbolizing the cycle of life and hopeful beginnings.
    Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025

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“Roundel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundel. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.

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