How to Use galactic in a Sentence

galactic

adjective
  • Layer by layer, Cory will show guests how to bring an abstract, galactic Rafiki to life.
    cleveland, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Families skated on an ice-rink, ziplined across the park, ride on a Ferris wheel and played galactic bowling.
    Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Falcão’s team took another look at the galactic region with Chandra in X-ray light.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Our nearest full-sized galactic neighbor, Andromeda, is twice as large (though the two galaxies have about the same mass).
    Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Last year, researchers in Japan posited that planets could form in the cold disk of gas and dust that exists at some distance around a galactic center.
    Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Astronomers continued to search for neutral hydrogen signals from the universe’s pre-galactic dark age.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
  • At galactic and cosmological scales, the inverse-square law also holds, with the caveat that dark matter and dark energy are required.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2020
  • There’s a technical failure that causes the the Avenue 5 to basically skid off its galactic tracks, and to get back to its orbit will take years.
    Gina Vaynshteyn, refinery29.com, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Was this Mandalorian moment the realization of a galactic dream come true for Pally?
    Dan Snierson, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Well, a nail artist in Spain has managed to capture a similarly galactic look on her nails, and Instagram is losing its collective mind over the effect.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Jan. 2020
  • According to prevailing theories at the time, the central stars should be most affected by the gravitational pull of the galactic center, and thus moving the fastest.
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Bursting with galactic overlords and space scoundrels who leave us weak at the knees, Bouchet’s novel is both cinematic in scope and heart-pounding in its immediacy with its underdog tale.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Dec. 2019
  • That could be how the Phoenix Stream came to live in our galactic neck of the woods.
    Popular Science, 3 Aug. 2020
  • And, in the galactic neighborhood, there are lots of them.
    Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 20 June 2024
  • Each day, the researchers will dine at the Blue Dot, digesting the galactic views.
    Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Meet your new but shy galactic neighbor: A black hole left over from the death of a fleeting young star.
    Fox News, 8 May 2020
  • The glass jar and bottle are a galactic blend of purple and blue with glow-in-the-dark lettering.
    Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Dec. 2020
  • For now, much about these galactic ecosystems is still a hunch.
    Thomas Lewton, Quanta Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Star Wars fans of all ages will dig these galactic Halloween get-ups.
    Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Here’s hoping that in the galactic race, our AI systems will outsmart the aliens.
    Avi Loeb, Scientific American, 12 July 2021
  • Tom Ford went the other way, and closed his show with a gorgeous and galactic queen instead.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Sep. 2022
  • There were even more desserts on the last night of the trip, which featured a full Sweets and Treats hour of galactic delicacies.
    Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Why would our galactic neighbors care about how green our grass is?
    Avi Loeb, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2021
  • All things galactic and celestial are cool, so this t-shirt will fit right in among the fashions in his class.
    Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The story is one of outliers and stragglers that fail to conform to galactic norms.
    Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2021
  • If Star Wars is your cup of tea, this costume will be a fun ode to galactic adventure.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Like Paul, the Harkonnen prince is the descendant of a great galactic dynasty.
    EW.com, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The Milky Way’s halo is a cloud of stars that encompass all of our galaxy’s main galactic disk.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 May 2024
  • Warm summer nights are the perfect time to try out a new telescope to see the stars, planets and galactic features of the summer night sky!
    M. Josh Roberts, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2023
  • For more on this bustling galactic neighborhood, check out this week’s episode.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 31 July 2024

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