small circle
a circle on a sphere, the plane of which does not pass through the center of the sphere.: Compare great circle (def. 1).
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So Lopez did what any enterprising Gen Zer does when faced with an irksome problem, the solution to which might be a boon for those well beyond her small circle.
I don’t think there was any major caution encouraged as far as going out or as you’re traveling, like continuing to really be vigilant and stay within a small circle of people.
COVID breakthrough infections strike summer tourists visiting Provincetown | Chris Johnson | July 14, 2021 | Washington BladeThese contacts are rarely shared outside a small circle, and my family is lucky enough to have three, whose exquisite bebincas have reliably made their way to my Mumbai home for the last 13 years.
How I Tried (and Failed) And Tried Again to Master the Goan Bebinca Cake | Joanna Lobo | April 1, 2021 | EaterDecisions were made between Silbermann and a small circle—all men—in private sidebars, causing organizational chaos.
Pinterest and the Subtle Poison of Sexism and Racism in Silicon Valley | Janice Min | March 22, 2021 | TimeLisa Howze said she was shown the pressure ulcer, and it was just a small circle on her mother’s bottom.
The Nursing Home Didn’t Send Her to the Hospital, and She Died | by Sean Campbell | January 8, 2021 | ProPublica
The vessel, sealed and signed, was put up for auction before a small circle of artists and collectors when he returned to Beijing.
At school and in college other students shunned me and my small circle of friends.
Pakistan’s Gay Community Quietly Breaking Barriers | Ron Moreau, Sami Yousafzai | October 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere's a small circle that intersects, but that intersection is fairly small.
It is where Bernie had his small circle of friends, particularly Robert Jaffe, solicit people for his fraudulent funds.
But the family, that shuts itself within its own small circle, betrays its God-appointed function.
The Life of Mazzini | Bolton KingFor the reader very probably, as for most people outside a comparatively small circle, it meant my emergence from obscurity.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsIt has a small circle and a dot in the center, around which circle the arms of the Swastika are interlaced.
The Swastika | Thomas WilsonIn the center of the hub is the small circle and dot which might represent the axle on which the machine revolved.
The Swastika | Thomas WilsonIt started in a very small circle, extending thence in ever-widening ripples.
Corot | Sidney Allnutt
British Dictionary definitions for small circle
a circular section of a sphere that does not contain the centre of the sphere: Compare great circle
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