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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as rounding, 2.

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Examples

  • I can think of nothing more apt for the rounding-out of a year than a fleeting little fable on outplaying inevitability.

    On Hope | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast 2009

  • I want to suggest that some of the distinctiveness comes in not so much in terms of a complete difference in approach as in a 'rounding-out' of some of these things and a fuller grounding for them.

    Archbishop's Address - Christian Distinctiveness in our Academies 2009

  • Something is always lost in the process of quantification—before those electrons are activated—not just in the rounding-out of numbers but in the conversion of confusing events into numerical tabulations in the first place.

    The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994

  • Something is always lost in the process of quantification—before those electrons are activated—not just in the rounding-out of numbers but in the conversion of confusing events into numerical tabulations in the first place.

    The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994

  • Life is a patchwork with the rounding-out pieces always missing.

    The Goose Girl Harold MacGrath 1901

  • There were certain possessions of Mr. Mavick that were desirable for the rounding-out of his plans -- these graspings were many of them understood by the public as necessary to the

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • There were certain possessions of Mr. Mavick that were desirable for the rounding-out of his plans -- these graspings were many of them understood by the public as necessary to the

    That Fortune Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • Multi-Flow is rounding-out its hot beverage program with a Hot Tea Bag-in-the-Box concept through Hudson Tea, as well as a Hot Apple Cider concept in conjunction with a leading national brand name in the apple cider category.

    Advertising Industry Newswire 2009

  • Multi-Flow is rounding-out its hot beverage program with a Hot Tea Bag-in-the-Box concept through Hudson Tea, as well as a Hot Apple Cider concept in conjunction with a leading national brand name in the apple cider category.

    Advertising Industry Newswire 2009

  • There is a general rounding-out of the edges of reality; for example, when the killer orders the men and women to separate in the classroom, the film shows everyone responding in shocked silence.

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

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