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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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Add a dab of dish soap to the stain, then use a toothbrush to gently scrub the fibers in a circular motion to remove the grease.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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As the mechanism is based on a circular redox system, AGXX technology is not consumed but continuously regenerated.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Oct. 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 21 Oct. 2025.
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