1
as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
the constellation of beliefs, attitudes, and values that serve to define liberalism today
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as in grouping
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
the organization invited an impressive constellation of guest speakers
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as in design
the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged
there's a constantly shifting constellation of relationships among the characters of the novel
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Recent Examples of constellation
The most recent launch, KA-4, sent an additional 24 to space on August 11, 2025, growing the constellation to 100 satellites.
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Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Guests are welcomed into a leather goods salon finished in creamy whites, where women’s spaces feature constellation parquet flooring and straw marquetry details, while the men’s accessories and ready-to-wear are set against classic Versailles parquet.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
SpaceX's Starshield satellite platform, derived from the Starlink design, has launched in stacks of up to 22 spacecraft on a single Falcon 9 to deploy a constellation of hundreds of all-seeing spy satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Visible on clear September evenings, this seven-star asterism (a shape of stars, not an official constellation) moves into a noticeably low position in the northern sky after sunset.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Guests are welcomed into a leather goods salon finished in creamy whites, where women’s spaces feature constellation parquet flooring and straw marquetry details, while the men’s accessories and ready-to-wear are set against classic Versailles parquet.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
SpaceX's Starshield satellite platform, derived from the Starlink design, has launched in stacks of up to 22 spacecraft on a single Falcon 9 to deploy a constellation of hundreds of all-seeing spy satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Visible on clear September evenings, this seven-star asterism (a shape of stars, not an official constellation) moves into a noticeably low position in the northern sky after sunset.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constellation
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The song was released with the video, an ode to pastels that depicts the changing of the guard from one album to the next with a snake turning into a cluster of butterflies.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Simulating a cosmic storm To test this, the researchers simulated a black hole with a billion solar masses at the center of a galaxy cluster weighing a quadrillion Suns, a thousand times the Milky Way’s mass.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Broncos had 01 personnel on the field — no running backs, one tight end and four wide receivers — but the play Payton called didn’t match that grouping.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Sep. 2025
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Nonetheless, Lloyd's production is handsomely realized, with striking silhouetttes courtesy of Jon Clark and unnerving sound design by Ben and Max Ringham, who add a low whirr of dread to the existential fable.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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But our design principle has always been trying to avoid accidents as much as possible.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
28 Sep. 2025
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Hurricane Humberto spaghetti models Illustrations include an array of forecast tools and models, and not all are created equal.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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Hughes said there will be an array of different Asian cultural food options including Chinese, Filipino and Vietnamese options.—
Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The group recently opened Parks Place to continue the healing journey with up to four program graduates at a time.—
Carin Schoppmeyer,
Arkansas Online,
28 Sep. 2025
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In this atmosphere, microschools blossomed as a reinvention of the one-room schoolhouse that allowed one educator to teach a small group of students.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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That always amps up the pressure a bit, but the challenging layout of the track really forced me to focus on extracting the most out of the Mustang at low and high speeds.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Sep. 2025
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Yet there still could be tweaks to things such as the layouts of some facilities, buildings and internal streets as the city and other agencies sign off on various permits.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Since the premiere interval reset with the release of the new batch of episodes, there are still 64 days left in Season 2’s window to continue climbing on the most popular list.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Make a little batch of chocolate bark by spreading it into an even layer on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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More than 2,000 years ago, the Babylonians split that band of sky into twelve equal parts that correspond with twelve constellations.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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But if those lagging rain bands arrive, some isolated spots could see up to four inches of rain.—
Alex Harris
Updated September 28,
Miami Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Constellation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constellation. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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