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
"A tiny spot of less than a centimetre" was discovered during the most recent check up.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
“In the pole vault, you can just go one centimetre at a time.”
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
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
In a forcible emphatic way, he was handsome and looked, as his secretary was never tired of repeating, every centimetre an Alpha-Plus.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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