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- noun Plural form of
inch . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
inch .
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Examples
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¾ inch by 5¼ inches (5½ inches *) by 60 inches (64 inches*) 1½ inches by 1½ inches by 18 inches
Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles By Joe Hurst-Wajszczuk 2010
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Calculating from the rock-cut sockets at the four corners, and from the true level of the pavement, Mr. Petrie finds that the square of the original base of the structure, in inches, is of these dimensions: –
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I came within "inches" of needing a liver transplant.
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Then again, I've always longed to see DiCaprio shout "I'm king of the world!" while seemingly hovering a few inches from the tip of my nose.
'Titanic' to get 3-D re-release Jen Chaney 2010
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I stopped, looked back in front of me, and I was about 6 inches from a moose.
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It seems like, not only does everyone have a different idea of what 31 inches is ..., but many brands name the fits instead of describing them. beren
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But within inches of the bread and honeycomb, it sniffed, stopped, and then bent its head and snapped up the crust in two bites.
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One of the fish shot forward, within inches of my face.
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Never had a bear sniff my face but I've wrestled with tigers, gotten hugs from a jaguar and a leopard, had a lion within inches of me that just sat and stared like "maybe I'll eat him, maybe not".
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Never had a bear sniff my face but I've wrestled with tigers, gotten hugs from a jaguar and a leopard, had a lion within inches of me that just sat and stared like "maybe I'll eat him, maybe not".
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