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as in sphere
a more or less round body or mass
the glassblower shaped the molten mass into a globe of remarkable thinness and clarity
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Recent Examples of globe
Looking around the airy entryway with its glass walls, a sparkling light fixture mimicking branches sprawled across the ceiling and a marquee awning lined with globe light bulbs beckoned viewers into the massive auditorium.
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Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2025
Collector’s Edition Bonuses A limited Collector’s Edition includes everything in the Premium bundle, plus a custom globe with secret storage, a replica of the Allmaker Relic, an oversized SteelBook, and a collector’s adventure journal.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
While the single-piece globes come in a variety of sizes ranging from 25 to 400 liters, Dhiman, like Fabre, uses the popular 220-liter size (around 60 gallons), which is just slightly smaller than a standard barrel.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2025
The entire globe faced economic turmoil and widespread inflation during the years following the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
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Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2025
Collector’s Edition Bonuses A limited Collector’s Edition includes everything in the Premium bundle, plus a custom globe with secret storage, a replica of the Allmaker Relic, an oversized SteelBook, and a collector’s adventure journal.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
While the single-piece globes come in a variety of sizes ranging from 25 to 400 liters, Dhiman, like Fabre, uses the popular 220-liter size (around 60 gallons), which is just slightly smaller than a standard barrel.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2025
The entire globe faced economic turmoil and widespread inflation during the years following the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for globe
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Expanding the goods trade war into the financial sphere would be a significant escalation by the U.S., and remains highly unlikely.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Further east, when Arcadia joined the sphere of concern as the fire erratically tore through the San Gabriel foothills, the city’s fire chief successfully advocated for unified commanders to issue more widespread evacuations than initially proposed.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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The pope touched on a series of woes wreaking havoc on the planet: polluted air, water poverty, toxic waste, industrial pollution, rising sea levels and extreme weather.—
Rachel Ramirez,
CNN Money,
27 Apr. 2025
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Musk has never denied his hard-charging style and believes that his work building electric cars and rockets is crucial for the health of the planet and the continuation of the human species, and that his DOGE work responds to threats of U.S. bankruptcy.—
Jonathan Landay,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Hopefully, the Knicks figured out a way to get Towns the ball.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Projected as a top-5 pick in tomorrow’s draft, Hunter represents the rare modern athlete who excelled on both sides of the ball at the highest collegiate level.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
23 Apr. 2025
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During her years in the professional fighting world, she was lured into the ring on more than one occasion.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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That’s last season’s Premier League champions against the most in-form team in world football right now — that’s not strictly true, but Wolves have won six top-flight games on the spin for the first time since 1970, which is pretty impressive.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Globe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/globe. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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