as in elliptic
having the shape of an egg
the Oval Office in the White House
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Recent Examples of oval
The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Major League Baseball has built a special field inside the iconic oval where some of NASCAR’s greatest races have taken place.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
In the dining room, the family’s original China collection — complete and fully intact — is set on a long, oval table.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2023
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Adjective
Many races, particularly ovals, are scarcely attended.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Major League Baseball has built a special field inside the iconic oval where some of NASCAR’s greatest races have taken place.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Noun
Today inside Paris’s Palais Brongniart, guests including Kerry Washington, Milly Alcock, and Rita Ora filed into a futuristic oval room for Fendi’s spring 2023 couture show.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
In the dining room, the family’s original China collection — complete and fully intact — is set on a long, oval table.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oval
Noun
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Add the egg, cornstarch and lemon zest and mix well.—
Sami Tamimi
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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Nationally, egg prices have continued to trend downward, with June posting an average price of $3.775 for one dozen grade A large eggs, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.—
Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Researchers were not surprised, having modelled where the planet ought to be on its elliptical orbit.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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But the researchers found that by piecing together the four observations, a single, plausible world could emerge: a cool, Saturn-mass planet looping around the star every 1.5 to 2.5 Earth years on an elongated, elliptical orbit.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
7 Aug. 2025
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That orbit in general is an ellipse, an oval shape.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
25 July 2025
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The ellipse enclosing these locations is called an error ellipse.—
Toshi Hirabayashi,
Space.com,
23 July 2025
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Such feedback loops would ensure that policies evolve with new evidence and changing circumstances.—
Susan E. Dudley,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Gaze into your beloved dog’s eyes: Mutual gazing between people and their pups increases oxytocin levels in both species, leading to a positive feedback loop, research suggests.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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The Quantum Solution Despite the planet’s relatively regular spheroid shape, the Earth’s gravitational pull is not uniform.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 July 2025
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But when either snacking on regular bone-in rodents or a calcium-rich diet, snake cell crypts featured plenty of calcium, phosphorus, and iron spheroids.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 July 2025
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Touchbacks: Touchbacks for kickoffs have been moved from the 30-yard line to the 35-yard line, incentivizing the kicking team to keep the ball in play or have to deal with their opponents being a short trip away from reaching field goal range.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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And sometimes they are surrounded by black ball caps.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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The social media sphere, where anyone can have a voice and following, also gives the company an idea of the intensity of Disney Adults, who might be angered by the removal of Magic Kingdom’s Tom Sawyer Island, the price of tickets or the very idea of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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Plans feature a performance sphere (similar to the version in Las Vegas) and retail promenade, with space that could one day accommodate gaming.—
Katharina Kotrba,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Admire July’s bright lunar orb, known as the full buck moon, on July 10.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
3 July 2025
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Included in the collection are orbs, scepters, and crowns housed at the Tower of London today, which continue to be used during monumental royal occasions, such as the crowning of a new king or queen.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Discover Magazine,
30 June 2025
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“Oval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oval. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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