centimetre
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The hair closest to the scalp will cover the most recent month, the next centimetre the next month, and so on.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
"Just one centimetre higher or lower - that is the difference between success sometimes and defeat."
From BBC • May 12, 2026
On Sunday, USA ski jumper Annika Belshaw was disqualified from the women's large hill individual event because her skis were more than one centimetre too long.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
In February 2020, a 20-year-old Armand Duplantis - ‘Mondo’ as he’s more commonly known - broke Lavillenie’s record by one centimetre.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
“Remember one cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy sentiments.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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