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Recent Examples of aureole
Initially, scientists believed these features might be flows of salty water or brine, which remained liquid long enough to travel down the aureole.
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2025
Jacob knew from photographs the goblin face, the aureole of whitening hair.
—Lan Samantha Chang, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
Like his crossed legs, Cannon’s head and upper torso are framed in flickering swipes of green, as if this is a depiction of a holy man surrounded by an incandescent aureole.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
One image, Imogen, has the model’s head encircled with flora like an aureole composed of twiggy branches, foliage, and wildflowers.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2020
However, if the region was made up of ice, De Blasio says, then ice should be present around the western edge of the aureole.
—Nola Taylor Redd, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020
In the strongest work, half of the 9-foot-tall aureole apparently has been blown away, black resin flapping in shards out the back.
—Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 14 June 2018
Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2025
Jacob knew from photographs the goblin face, the aureole of whitening hair.
—Lan Samantha Chang, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
Like his crossed legs, Cannon’s head and upper torso are framed in flickering swipes of green, as if this is a depiction of a holy man surrounded by an incandescent aureole.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
One image, Imogen, has the model’s head encircled with flora like an aureole composed of twiggy branches, foliage, and wildflowers.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2020
However, if the region was made up of ice, De Blasio says, then ice should be present around the western edge of the aureole.
—Nola Taylor Redd, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020
In the strongest work, half of the 9-foot-tall aureole apparently has been blown away, black resin flapping in shards out the back.
—Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 14 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aureole
Noun
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The 33-year-old’s mind and body had been through a lot, to say the least, on the Lionesses’ rollercoaster ride to European glory.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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The club’s current plight is a far cry from the Alex Ferguson glory days when United won a record 13 Premier League titles and was a two-time Champions League winner.—
Patrick Snell,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Shops sell his memorabilia — the boy's face encased in a corona of holy light is on mugs, keychains, rosaries.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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By doing this, astronomers can study the fainter solar atmosphere, the sun's corona, that's hard to see when viewing the entire sun.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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New research published Tuesday from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that the barrels with halos contain caustic alkaline waste — a highly corrosive material that has been leaking out of the barrels for decades.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Sep. 2025
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That meant the dark matter halos of the subclusters passed right through each other, just as theory predicted.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Aureole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aureole. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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