How to Use radius in a Sentence

radius

noun
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  • Measure the radius of the circle.
  • There are three restaurants within a one-block radius of our apartment.
  • The new museum is expected to draw people from a wide radius.
  • Most all-mountain skis have a turn radius in the 15 to 20 m range.
    — Aaron H. Bible, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2023
  • With a radius of almost 2,200 miles, Earth’s core is about the size of Mars.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 25 Jan. 2023
  • No matter how tall the N is, the radius of the sector will always be 1: That’s the length of the needle.
    — Patrick Honner, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Its mass is almost 30 times that of Earth, and its radius is about half of Jupiter’s.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2023
  • Limbs from the bottom one-third of trees and within a 10-feet radius of the chimney.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The fire department shut down streets and buildings in a two-block radius.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The blast can impact those quite far out of the radius of the explosion because of fallout.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 25 May 2023
  • Here, we’re told the larger circle’s radius is three times that of the smaller circle.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 20 June 2023
  • Each of the women lived in ground-floor apartments within a one-mile radius in Cockeysville.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2023
  • But the interviewers did not provide the diameter of the ball, or the length and radius of the fuselage.
    — Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Currently, there are 14 walking the streets within a mile radius of Mass. and Cass.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
  • The rule placed restrictions on the number of long-distance flights over a 1,250-mile radius allowed from the airport.
    — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 17 July 2023
  • Thanks to a good turning radius, the Wienermobile offers a smooth ride that feels just like being in a large car.
    — Talia Avakian, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2023
  • The official rule is that if there’s a strike within that radius, then the timer should be set, or reset, to 30 minutes.
    — Michael Haag, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Add in the Bitdeer mine about a mile away, and Rockdale's Bitcoin mines use more power than all the houses in a 40-mile radius.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The group has advocated for a more vigorous cleanup and for the state to expand the toxic cleanup zone to a radius of at least 4.5 miles.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • The program has a 100-meter radius, according to The Morning News.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 13 June 2023
  • The pond is a perfectly cylindrical pool with a radius of 3 meters and a depth of 2 meters.
    — WIRED, 28 July 2023
  • The evacuation zone was first a 1-mile radius around the derailment site.
    — Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Wind turbine power can depend on the weather, wind speed, and air radius.
    — Christine McDaniel, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The umbrella is able to rotate 360 degrees, so shade is available in a large radius.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
  • Boar and deer were hunted in the local woodlands — within a two-mile radius of the homestead, the researchers reckon.
    — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Most bees stay within a five-mile radius to collect nectar, so the flavor of honey is unique to the area in which it’s produced.
    — Nicole Haase, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2023
  • The warmth of some propane patio heaters is measured in square feet while some are in diameter or radius.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The one-inch larger radius of the 35s explains half of that, so the rest is an additional inch of suspension lift.
    — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Some 46 sites are listed within a 50-mile radius of downtown Phoenix.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2023
  • An evacuation order is issued for the area within a mile radius of the train crash.
    — CNN, 13 Nov. 2023

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