as in world
a huge physical or conceptual distance
they're a galaxy apart when it comes to politics
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Recent Examples of galaxy
Even if giant, enormous voids with no stars and galaxies in them at all did exist, this structure couldn’t possibly be one of those.
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Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
Open every Friday night and for special events, the observatory offers a variety of telescopes through which to view the galaxy under its 18-foot dome.
—Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
As a teenager navigating the realities of his neighborhood, fame felt galaxies away.
—Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Rosemary Harper joined the spaceship Wayfarer to explore the distant galaxy and get a fresh start.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
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Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
Open every Friday night and for special events, the observatory offers a variety of telescopes through which to view the galaxy under its 18-foot dome.
—Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
As a teenager navigating the realities of his neighborhood, fame felt galaxies away.
—Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Rosemary Harper joined the spaceship Wayfarer to explore the distant galaxy and get a fresh start.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for galaxy
world
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Even when there is little to celebrate in a world marked by barbarity, these events invite us to be together and, briefly, to look, feel, admire, and even disagree within a temporary gathering of images and spaces.—
Raphael Fonseca,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Skeletor’s best beats stand as intricate, explosive little worlds that build on ideas he’s been toying with his entire career.—
Dylan Green,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Galaxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxy. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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