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Recent Examples of annular
The next solar eclipse after Monday’s is an annular solar eclipse on Feb. 17, 2026.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
An annular solar eclipse will occur Feb. 17, 2026, NASA said.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
There are four types of solar eclipses: total, annular, partial and hybrid.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 29 Mar. 2025
Another annular solar eclipse will arrive on February 17, 2026.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
An annular solar eclipse will occur Feb. 17, 2026, NASA said.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
There are four types of solar eclipses: total, annular, partial and hybrid.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 29 Mar. 2025
Another annular solar eclipse will arrive on February 17, 2026.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annular
Adjective
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Picasso looked up the circular column to the lights of the bank lobby above, as if doing calculations in his head.—
Christopher C. Gorham
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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This development represents a major step toward a scalable, circular, and environmentally responsible rare earth economy, potentially transforming how critical materials are recovered worldwide.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Those lucky/sitting ducks were at the center of a manifold creative pressure, like the core of a planet pulled spherical by gravity.—
Kate Colby
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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The prototypes were spherical wire frames containing sails; in the wind tunnel, they were put through their paces on different surfaces, including rough and smooth terrain, sand, pebbles and boulder fields.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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One thing that particularly drew his interest was the idea of discoidal aircraft – what are more popularly known as flying saucers.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Some target the hair follicles or scalp specifically—like alopecia areata and discoid lupus erythematosus—while others (such as thyroid disease) affect another part of the body and can cause hair loss as one of many symptoms, Dr. Lo Sicco explains.—
Krissy Brady,
SELF,
5 Mar. 2024
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Opah are discoid fish, meaning they are shaped like large discs.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
15 July 2021
Adjective
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Open star clusters are much less dense than their globular counterparts and a pair of binoculars with a lower magnification allows for a more comprehensive view.—
Harry Bennett,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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The globular segments of the abstract piece, Complexing, could be a kind of smudging, a devolving, of the pregnant and engorged curvilinear silhouette of an earlier figurative sculpture, Monument.—
Nina-Sophia Miralles,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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“Annular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annular. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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