BLUE MOONS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

blue moons

noun

plural of blue moon

as in months

a long or seemingly long period of time once in a blue moon we'll get dressed up and eat in a fancy restaurant

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Recent Examples of blue moons Sometimes a single year can even feature two blue moons. — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 29 May 2026 May 2027 and December 2028 will also bring blue moons, according to RMG. — Mariyam Muhammad, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026 Super blue moons can also occur, but don’t be fooled by the name. — Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Access is included with standard garden admission, which costs $18 for adults, $14 for seniors or students and $8 for children ages 3 to 12.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The subscription-less console comes with seven games designed for groups of players ages 6 and up, which mostly resemble classic arcade games.

— Kevin Cortez, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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Fiery performance artist Maureen (Lazy Violet), with hair dyed half purple and half platinum, moons the crowd of one (me) — and drag queen Angel (Jeevan Braich) shows up fashionably late halfway through the number, just as the character would.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Watch Jupiter's moons disappear too A telescope will also show occultations of Jupiter's Galilean moons.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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