Preposition, adverb : The Venerable Bede was born circa 673. From Dictionary.com.
Last words, for now, go to Chris Stein circa 1978. From Wordnik.com. [Delete, not fade away and radiate? « Innovation Cloud] Reference
Suppose you're the CEO of a publicly traded record label circa 2000 and Napster is taking off. From Wordnik.com. [MattMaroon.com] Reference
This is where it all started for me published in Finnish circa 1985, as I was just learning to read. From Wordnik.com. [Which is your favorite X-Men Era? | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
In her best performance, Joan Fontaine plays a meek woman who falls for a composer (Louis Jordan) in circa 1900 Vienna. From Wordnik.com. [2010 April : Scrubbles.net] Reference
COOPER (voice-over): The John Kerry catch phrase circa December 2002. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2004] Reference
It's Ponty's small trio with George Duke on keys recorded as I recall circa 1966 in Los Angeles. From Wordnik.com. [Vleeptron_Z] Reference
Heebie Jeebies was coined circa 1923, by Billy de Beck, and is, so far as anyone can tell, simple rhyming nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #139 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
I have this weird dream of "Little Davy", a character in Shirley Jackson's, The Lottery, a play I recall circa 1969/1970. From Wordnik.com. [Do you have recurring dreams or nightmares?] Reference
(“Circadian” comes from the Latin words circa, meaning about, and dies, meaning day.). From Wordnik.com. [Driving under the influence...of fatigue] Reference
PART 2: TIMELINE Note: All "circa" year references should have +/- 3 years margin of error. From Wordnik.com. [A Larger War on Terror?] Reference
Paintings "circa 1888" are few, and there is no guarantee that "circa" didn't mean a year or two earlier or later. From Wordnik.com. [Portrait of a Killer]
The food-shortage jokes are like Moscow circa 1985. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem For A Revolution] Reference
But Belgrade still isn't Warsaw or Prague, circa 1989. From Wordnik.com. [A Stirring In The Streets] Reference
One of its main tableaux portrays a cafe scene circa 1930. From Wordnik.com. [A Tide Of Civic Pride] Reference
Here's how to make the most of online shopping, circa 2005. From Wordnik.com. [MONEY: START YOUR BROWSERS!] Reference
It provided a damning snapshot of computer use, circa 1999. From Wordnik.com. [A Window On Their World] Reference
Imagine this kitchen scene, circa 2047: it's time to make dinner. From Wordnik.com. [Get Ready For Nanotechnology] Reference
It's Brooks Brothers, circa 1962: the year he finished law school. From Wordnik.com. [Riding The Wave] Reference
Stockholm is not Wall Street circa 1988, a zone of unabashed greed. From Wordnik.com. [Shining Stockholm] Reference
Public anger at financiers is at levels last seen in Moscow circa 1917. From Wordnik.com. [No One Wants to Hug a Banker] Reference
But when he laughs today, it's often at his unbalanced behavior circa 1999. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Addict...] Reference
Lay on sunset colors -- the fading glory of the last Venetian Republic, circa 1750. From Wordnik.com. [Snap Judgment] Reference
Our relationship with Cuba, the last undemocratic country in the region, is circa 1980. From Wordnik.com. [It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like 1980] Reference
The "Carousel Waltz" breaks out, and a New England village, circa 1900, bursts into life. From Wordnik.com. [Grabbing The Brass Ring] Reference
An Anna Fotheringham oil-on-paper, circa 2002, occupies some prime real estate in the kitchen. From Wordnik.com. [Our Life As A House] Reference
For example, GM's eight divisions made sense when it commanded half the U.S. market circa 1970. From Wordnik.com. [Revving America] Reference
Sure, there are some that evoke the mid is of circa 1970 or the early-20th-century hobble skirt. From Wordnik.com. [The Long And Sport Of It] Reference
Could one of the big two be headed toward collapse, some analysts asked, like Chrysler circa 1979?. From Wordnik.com. [IS IT BACK TO THE '70S?] Reference
Reason: the "flavor" Argentines so cherish is that of a Europe long gone, circa 1925 through 1975. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of Illusions] Reference
But it's more likely because Diamondstar is located in a refurbished Richard Neutra building, circa 1961. From Wordnik.com. [Funky Towns] Reference
The show then flashes back to circa 1980, far enough to antedate AIDS, not too far to make it a period piece. From Wordnik.com. [Is Broadway Rhythm Back?] Reference
But during the Maccabean revolt (circa 167 B.C.), the idea of bodily resurrection began to surface among the Jews. From Wordnik.com. [Rethinking The Resurrection] Reference
"Rock and roll," said David Lee Roth, circa 1985, "is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants.". From Wordnik.com. [Talking Heads] Reference
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