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
"Just one centimetre higher or lower - that is the difference between success sometimes and defeat."
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
In 2023, he won the title despite playing with a three centimetre tear in his hamstring.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
"If we don't have the orders, we don't move. Even if there's one centimetre of water, we don't intervene. It's frustrating," said his union colleague, Marc Alegrè.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 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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