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Woodward, Myhrvold, and Horner found that circularly polarized and cross-polarized light can reveal a new type of growth ring.

From Science Daily • Jun. 22, 2026

Scholar Andrew Elliott has suggested that certain medievalisms, which he calls “banal,” detach from the actual past and instead reference one another circularly.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

Using a computer programme, the team was able to block out wavelengths of light that were not circularly polarized, revealing the rare type of pulsar.

From Scientific American • May 4, 2022

Newsworthiness is a circularly defined concept that people rely on all the time and it actually means nothing.

From The Verge • May 11, 2021

But Joe was readier with his definition than I had expected, and completely stopped me by arguing circularly, and answering with a fixed look, “Her.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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