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as in ball
a more or less round body or mass
this sphere that we live on is just a tiny speck in the universe
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2
as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
higher mathematics is a little outside my sphere
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as in galaxy
a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light
perhaps there is indeed life on planets circling spheres in galaxies far, far away
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Recent Examples of sphere
August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Tragedies can be examined by those outside of its sphere of destruction, but the groundswell of feeling from Mexican viewers and critics is that there was little or no care taken to understand the cultural grief beyond stereotyped spectacle.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2022
Sixty-five years ago, a metal sphere the size of a basketball caught the U.S. science, military and intelligence communities by surprise.
—Jonathan Osborne, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2022
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Noun
But the premise of incorporating an extremely controversial — even frightening — sphere of technology into a catalog as globally cherished as the Beatles’ initially left some fans unnerved.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Tragedies can be examined by those outside of its sphere of destruction, but the groundswell of feeling from Mexican viewers and critics is that there was little or no care taken to understand the cultural grief beyond stereotyped spectacle.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
Check out the velvet sphere from CB2 or Athena Calderone’s shearling spherical pillow from Crate & Barrel.
—Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2022
Sixty-five years ago, a metal sphere the size of a basketball caught the U.S. science, military and intelligence communities by surprise.
—Jonathan Osborne, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sphere
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The Wildcats received the ball underneath their own hoop with 0.7 seconds remaining in overtime with the score tied at 74.—
Jack Vita,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Jan. 2025
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Most football fans associate towels with players who need to catch the ball like Brown, who routinely wears a towel.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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The snow is moving east Tuesday, and is affecting coastal areas all the way to the Florida Panhandle and southern Carolinas.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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What To Know The National Weather Service (NWS) has forecasted 4 to 6 inches of snow for parts of the Houston metro area, a rare event in the region's climate history.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Specialized telescopes have enabled astronomers to track radio bursts within the Milky Way galaxy as well as up to 8 billion light-years away.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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But the dormant galaxy from which these radio bursts are originating should not contain this type of young star, according to a paper published Wednesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Jordon Smith, Jo Shimoda and Cole Davies round out the top five.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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As the Academy Awards race rounds its final lap, the question is not just which films will win, but where to watch those vying for gold statuettes.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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The map has more than a million tiles on it and the videos certainly suggest a dynamic, ever-changing globe that is thronging with detail.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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On the table next to him are a framed picture of Janet and Henry Holcomb, their beloved miniature schnauzer who passed away last year, and a globe representing Holcomb's legacy of forming many international relationships.—
Kayla Dwyer,
The Indianapolis Star,
16 Dec. 2024
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With Eraserhead, Elephant Man and Dune to his credit, Mr. Lynch had already established his beachhead inside the realm of the bizarre, but this latest venture takes him a lot further.—
Stephen Galloway,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Jan. 2025
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While Chile’s extreme south draws visitors thanks to pristine parks like Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins, Puerto Varas serves as a shining example of central Chile’s prowess within the realm of tourism.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The decisions coaches make will undoubtedly leave some stars on the outside looking in. Fans, players and media alike will soon find out who makes the cut.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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The reality star from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills just shared her favorite winter fashion finds during an Amazon Live.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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This theory makes definite predictions about the distribution of dark matter, but leaves great uncertainty in the rather messy physics whereby gas agglomerates and converts into stars.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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As adoption of cryptocurrency proliferates, the digital asset class has been agglomerated into one of America’s most mainstream institutions — divorce.—
Melvin Backman,
Quartz,
5 Sep. 2024
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“Sphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sphere. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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