corona

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Recent Examples of corona The corona is the sun’s outermost atmosphere. Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 20 Jan. 2026 During totality, the moon will fully block the sun, revealing stars, planets, and the sun’s corona, but the eclipse must be viewed safely using protective glasses or indirect methods to avoid serious eye injury. Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 16 Jan. 2026 The corona can reach millions of degrees, which is much hotter than the Sun’s surface. Samuel Badman, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025 The geomagnetic storm is a coronal mass ejection (CME), which are large expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's atmosphere known as the corona, according to Space.com. Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for corona
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aura
Noun
  • Trump cultivates an aura of unpredictability, but his actions betray certain patterns that are discernible to those who know where to look.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Celebrate, manifest or recharge your aura with a candle that's playful, bold and a little too accurate.
    Tory Johnson, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026

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“Corona.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corona. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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