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Definition of "circumnavigates" [circumnavigates]

  • Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate. (verb)

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Use "circumnavigates" in a sentence
  • "Liz quickly circumnavigates this woman's cranial landscape with a tape measure and grease pencil, dotting her head with Os to mark each electrode site."
  • "Pressner: Reading Maiden Voyage, a memoir by a young woman, Tania Aebi, who circumnavigates the globe by herself in a 17-foot skiff, left me with an indelible desire to explore the South Pacific's far-flung islands French Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia on a sailboat of my own."
  • "But this time, as stock markets again lurch wildly and panic circumnavigates the globe, what we do know is at the center of our problems: The global economy is weak and still weakening, while policymakers seem unable or unwilling to marshal a reassuring response."
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