disk

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Recent Examples of disk Several of Saturn’s larger moons also appear in the image, with Janus visible to the left of the planet along the rings and Mimas seen closer to the disk. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026 Aside from the disc color, the packaging remains the same across versions. Anna Tingley, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026 The Heir is a coin-sized sensor that fits on the caseback of most watches via a micro suction disc to count your steps and deliver notifications from your phone via vibrations. New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026 And further out in the disk, the astronomers have spotted a third, smaller break in the material—a tantalizing hint that matter there may have already collapsed into a planet closer to Saturn’s size. Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disk
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Noun
  • The notes bounced over the lapping water, and people’s voices came in fragments.
    Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The event Moskovitz is referring to occurred on March 21, when a 1-ton, 3-foot-wide meteor exploded over Texas, with a cannonball-sized fragment crashing through the roof of a house in Bammel, near Cypress Station, north of Houston, Texas.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Kitchen staff pile the plates high with big portions, ensuring leftovers to take home.
    Joe Marusak April 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
  • No substitution or compensation will be given for any portion of the prize that is not used.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But several Council members expressed the need for more stakeholder feedback before reaching a decision, in addition to clarity around which sections of city code the penalties would directly apply to.
    Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The fishery protects more than 145 acres of mangrove forest along its section of coastline.
    Ryan Kellman, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The particles that make up these dark nebulae are of a finite size, and that size is extremely good at absorbing visible light.
    Big Think, Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Burning coal produces fine particles that lodge deep in the lungs and bloodstream, raising the risk of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and chronic respiratory disease, according to the World Health Organization.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Cristobal’s arc can use a mite more variance overall, but her playing of Margot’s inner-torture from having to live with the literal shards of blood on her neck is effective.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Most of those issues have been from oil, lubrication, other or casing or shards inside the engines.
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Smaller by far and equally jaw-dropping is La Copine, a sliver of a restaurant in nearby Yucca Valley.
    Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The Chokepoint That Moves the World The Strait of Hormuz is a sliver of water barely 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, separating Iran from Oman.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Whisk 1 tablespoon oil, garlic, tomato paste, salt, sugar, pepper and pepper flakes together in a large bowl.
    Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Small flakes float through the air, landing just within reach of the curious feline.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • State police later searched the area near the steel bridge and found among the piles of wood chips an envelope bearing the victim’s name, pieces of bone and tissue, a human fingernail and crowns to the victim’s teeth, prosecutors said.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The blue-chip Dow and the small-cap Russell 2000 are also nearing correction territory, each down about 9% from its all-time high.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026

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“Disk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disk. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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