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Wiktionary

  1. circlingnoun

    A circular motion.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Circlingparticipial adj.

    Having the form of a circle; circular; round.

    Etymology: from To circle.

    Round he surveys, and well might, where he stood
    So high above the circling canopy
    Of night’s extended shade. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iii.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Circling

    of Circle

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of circling in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of circling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of circling in a Sentence

  1. Susan Scott:

    We have always thought that there should be binary systems of a black hole and a neutron star circling each other out in space, so if this event is confirmed, it would be the first evidence that such systems do actually exist, and that some of them are spiraling closer and closer and eventually smashing together.

  2. Brandon Garic Notch:

    The taste of blood and that annoying sting of a bitten tongue. Once man got the taste of blood there was no going back, like a serpent circling itself eating its own tail.

  3. Connor Campbell:

    Markets kicked off June in an inauspicious style this morning, china set the tone...the country's continually limp manufacturing...an unwanted reminder of the global weaknesses circling the market like vultures.

  4. Tim Scott:

    I think we have to continue to find a space of common ground that is as large as possible before surrendering anything, i think there's been like the same group of issues that we've been circling around and so hopefully we'll meet with Tim Scott tomorrow to find out where Tim Scott is.

  5. Kim Schmett:

    She definitely has a path, but it's such an abnormal year. ... Clearly( Trump) is the huge question and everyone else is circling. Right now, my reading of the Iowa Republican Party is that it is massively pro-Trump.

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    A equivalent
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