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as in celestial
of or relating to the stars
gave the astronomy students the assignment of charting astral movement for the next month
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as in outstanding
standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement
after his film became an unexpected blockbuster, the director was suddenly welcome in the most astral circles of Hollywood society
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Recent Examples of astral
By Paris Wilson December 2, 2025 The Best Place to Glimpse the Eclipse and Northern Lights Is at Sea
Cruise ships are sailing toward next summer's total solar eclipse—and other astral phenomena.
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Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2025
Those enhancements would give Nochebuena a colorful astral backdrop.
—James Powel, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Throughout, midnight blues and grays, nebulous reds and oranges, galactic silvers and metallics are all hues that make up this astral collection, symbolizing endings and new beginnings.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
As the astral body journeys from East to West, a journey Tang described as a meeting between the ancient Chinese city of Dengfeng and Ancient Rome, the bird’s eye view yielded elements such as feathers, a smorgasbord of carpet motifs, and heaving baskets of produce left under each seat.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2025
Those enhancements would give Nochebuena a colorful astral backdrop.
—James Powel, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Throughout, midnight blues and grays, nebulous reds and oranges, galactic silvers and metallics are all hues that make up this astral collection, symbolizing endings and new beginnings.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
As the astral body journeys from East to West, a journey Tang described as a meeting between the ancient Chinese city of Dengfeng and Ancient Rome, the bird’s eye view yielded elements such as feathers, a smorgasbord of carpet motifs, and heaving baskets of produce left under each seat.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for astral
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Your celestial ruler, Venus, is dazzling your 10th house of publicity, ambitions and relationships connected to your legacy and reputation.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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In reality, including solar gravity would likely reveal even cheaper paths, but only during certain time windows when celestial alignments are favorable.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
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But Jeffries, an outstanding student who typically went straight home from baseball practice to study, remained more of a spectator than a participant in the borough’s burgeoning hip-hop scene.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen were outstanding, and Sam Merrill hit huge corner 3s in the first half to break Detroit’s spirit early.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Engineers even see the system supporting interstellar precursor missions that could venture beyond the path of Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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Scientists announced the observation of an interstellar comet called 3I/ATLAS on July 1, 2025.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 May 2026
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Christopher Abbott, Jon Bernthal, Rose Byrne, Carrie Coon, Ayo Edebiri, Alden Ehrenreich, Luke Evans, Daniel Radcliffe, Laurie Metcalf and Lea Michele are just a sampling of the big-name performers nominated today for 2026 New York Drama League Awards in the distinguished performances category.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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Helicopters and trailers arrived in large numbers, famous faces and a distinguished director settled in near grazing cattle, and the cameras started rolling.—
Marnie Hunter,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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The Manchester United under-18s manager watched his side suffer a 2-1 defeat by Oliver Reiss’ Manchester City in the final of the prestigious youth competition, which was the first between the two clubs since 1986.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Kids who take the spot of a potential American student to attend some of America’s most prestigious colleges, and then go back home.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
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Chance Gladden, a 6-4 guard from Boston University, brings a comparable boulder-on-the-shoulder mentality, forced to prove himself in a low-major conference after being bypassed by bigger programs despite an illustrious high school career.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Cox, who was 84, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014, after winning more than 2,500 games in his illustrious career.—
AJC Sports,
AJC.com,
9 May 2026
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While Elon Musk stunned the world with plans to launch a million satellites into orbit, the heads of space agencies and spacecraft operators across the planet are certain to oppose this SpaceX scheme, says a pre-eminent space scholar.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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But the hothouse of the Big Apple jazz scene and the eminent conservatory couldn’t keep her contained.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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Short but sweet Jacksonville took advantage of perhaps the most famous offseason haircut with quarterback Trevor Lawrence getting his long locks cut short on camera after introducing the Jaguars’ schedule that then plays out on the screen edited down to less than 2 minutes.—
Teresa M. Walker,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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To paraphrase the famous musical title, a funny thing happened on the way to the upfronts this year.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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“Astral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/astral. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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