: something spherical or rounded: such as
a
: a spherical representation of the earth, a celestial body, or the heavens
b
c
Examples of globe in a Sentence
Noun
She has a globe in her office.
His fame has spread around the globe.
The tree was decorated with colorful glass globes.
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Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
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—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 June 2025
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—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
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Noun
Another sequence is drawn upside down, after Mafalda finds a globe and discovers that Argentina is in the Southern Hemisphere.
—Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
We’re fed Apollo Bar highlights like a salad rosso, a globe of radicchio segmented with chunks of blood orange, a blooming artichoke, and seasonal strawberry ice-cream cake.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 June 2025
Press a cube of mozzarella onto the flat side of the scoop of risotto in your hand, scoop out another 2 tablespoons of risotto and join it with the first scoop like two halves of a globe.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
There’s the Penelope table lamp, where a mysterious, almost melancholy face base is adorned with a glass globe.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
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“Globe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/globe. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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