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Leave tradition behind and commit to a modern aesthetic with these pretty hanging sphere lights that look like giant stars.
—Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
Nunes checks the box as the giant star, and there is an argument for Pena to come up to 145 to challenge her.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Astronomers are also beginning to turn to a new distance indicator: carbon-rich giant stars that belong to what’s called the J-region asymptotic giant branch (JAGB).
—Liz Kruesi, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024
Pathways are lined with cutouts in the shape of African giant star grass, which migrated with enslaved Africans and took root alongside them.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2024
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First Known Use
1912, in the meaning defined above
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“Giant star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/giant%20star. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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giant star
noun
: a very bright star of large mass
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