circumscribe
concept
6 mentions
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 15 Aug
↑6 vs the 6 months before
Verb meaning to limit or enclose within boundaries
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Peak in the week of 15 Aug — 6 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentPeter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · circumscribe · 1:07 · 15 Aug
…Circumscribe comes via Middle English from the Latin verb circum scribere, which roughly translates as to draw a circle around, which in turn comes from circum, meaning circle, and scribere, meaning to write or draw.…
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · circumscribe · 0:56 · 15 Aug
…To circumscribe something is to limit its range or activity, but there is no circumscribing the range of influence the Latin ancestors of the word circumscribe have had.…
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · circumscribe · 0:49 · 15 Aug
…This could be the first step for both of them towards escaping a life circumscribed by work.…
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