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circa

preposition

Definition of circa

as in around

formal not far from (something) in time He was born circa 1600.

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Recent Examples of circa In an all-girls boarding school in Ghana circa 1986, several students are preparing to audition for a regional beauty pageant. — Shane Harrison, ajc, 5 Mar. 2020 The first commercially viable lithium battery, circa 1985, had the capability to store more than twice as much energy per pound as did previous chemistry. — Mark P. Mills, National Review, 5 Mar. 2020 Compare this to the reality of what was going on for Anne circa the early 1970s. — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 15 Dec. 2019 The curator of the Pompidou exhibition, Didier Ottinger, has situated the paintings of Bacon in the context of a Reader’s Digest assortment of texts, a general-interest, user-friendly survey of Big Thoughts 101, circa 1985. — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019 See All Example Sentences for circa

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Vocals strain at the center of the songs while lonesome organs burn around the margins like the argon glow of a street-sign montage.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Many metro stations were closed Saturday at police request, including those around the Champs-Elysées and near the presidential palace, Parliament and government offices.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026

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Detainees were eventually taken into a tent and questioned by ICE agents about their immigration status.

— Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
Following backlash, Crawford removed the post from her X timeline on Sunday afternoon and apologized for violating the network’s standards, amid complaints from internal and external critics about the post to CBS News leadership.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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