centimetre
Britishnoun
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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
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
“In the pole vault, you can just go one centimetre at a time.”
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
“One cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy sentiments,” said the Assistant Predestinator citing a piece of homely hypnopacdic wisdom.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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