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an ovoid toy that the baby couldn't tip over
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Symbolizing wisdom and respect, the 1.5-foot-tall limestone head was once stationed at the entrance to an ovoid ceremonial structure, and was probably meant to inspire reverence.
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Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 17 Nov. 2025
In Disc Pearl, ovoid motifs in the soft Sakuragold gold were outlined with diamonds and reflected the softness of South Sea pearls.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Eventually, her hand emerged, gripping an ovoid glass jar with a pale-yellow label.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Ovid’s godly characters are whittled down to basic geometric forms like ovoid shapes and cones that together recount the tale in some of the world’s most phonetically complex languages, such as Abkhaz from Abkhazia, Chatino from inland Oaxaca, and Silbo Gomero from La Gomera in the Canary Islands.
—Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 17 Nov. 2025
In Disc Pearl, ovoid motifs in the soft Sakuragold gold were outlined with diamonds and reflected the softness of South Sea pearls.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Eventually, her hand emerged, gripping an ovoid glass jar with a pale-yellow label.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Ovid’s godly characters are whittled down to basic geometric forms like ovoid shapes and cones that together recount the tale in some of the world’s most phonetically complex languages, such as Abkhaz from Abkhazia, Chatino from inland Oaxaca, and Silbo Gomero from La Gomera in the Canary Islands.
—Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Ovoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ovoid. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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ovoid
1 of 2 adjective
: shaped like an egg
an ovoid tumor
ovoid
2 of 2 noun
: an ovoid radium applicator placed within the vagina for radiotherapy
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