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Recent Examples of spherical In this scenario, a dilute gas of spherical particles is trapped in a box. Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 11 June 2025 The venture, which uses a spherical eye-scanning device called the Orb to scan people’s eyes, will become available in London from Thursday and is planning to roll out to several other major U.K. cities — including Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Belfast, and Glasgow — in the coming months. Ryan Browne, CNBC, 8 June 2025 The classic-meets-contemporary design is the best pendant lights for bathrooms because the spherical design makes a statement when installed solo above a freestanding tub or as a pair, flanking your vanity mirror. Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025 Or what happens if the cylinder is not perfectly spherical? Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for spherical
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Adjective
  • Guests descend several circular staircases into a network of chalk pits and galleries, parts of which date to the Gallo-Roman era.
    Rachel King, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • These markings came in different shapes—some long and narrow, others more circular or bowl-shaped—suggesting a mix of behaviors: not just dancing, but also potentially nest-building or testing the ground for suitable nesting sites.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Its flat body not only fits more comfortably in a pocket than a traditional cylindrical design but also increases the torque applied through the bit driver by expanding the radius out from the center of the screw.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 June 2025
  • Unlike the cylindrical body of most planes, the blended wing design—where the wing and aircraft body are fused together—makes this aircraft look more like a stealth bomber or even a manta ray than a commercial airliner.
    Calif. Senior Correspondent, Time, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • Hanging from the ceiling are globular pendant lamps (from the French brand DCW Editions).
    Julie Lasky, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The globular segments of the abstract piece, Complexing, could be a kind of smudging, a devolving, of the pregnant and engorged curvilinear silhouette of an earlier figurative sculpture, Monument.
    Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Richie’s hairstylist George Curran opted for movement in the form of a bouncy blowout, using a round brush and blow-dryer to create volume and a soft curve.
    Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 27 June 2025
  • Aside from a round diamond pendant, nothing is more classic—and timeless—than initial necklaces.
    Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Featuring global recording artist Al B. Sure!, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Rachel Noerdlinger.
    Essence, Essence, 5 July 2025
  • Mayer also noted how damaging regular headlines about departures or controversies at the FIA could be to its global image.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 5 July 2025

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“Spherical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spherical. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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