disk

variants or disc

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Recent Examples of disk The outfit was finished with a pair of tan pointed toe pumps and a simple disc necklace that bears the initials of her three children, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, seven. Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025 There's also a larger 280-mm disc mated to a Brembo floating caliper at the rear, and premium Brembo Stylema monobloc radial calipers with two 330-mm discs at the front for plenty of stopping power. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2025 The current version has dropped the option to encrypt files and folders directly on your local disk. PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025 On May 6, the sun began shining on the south side and the rings reappeared, albeit as nothing more than a thin bright line bisecting Saturn's disk. Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disk
Noun
  • The tens of thousands of ceramic fragments that were packed inside these underground time capsules have helped archaeologists date the layers and track the evolution of the temple's surroundings over the course of millennia.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Nanoplastics, the microscopic fragments shed from larger plastic waste, are emerging as a new frontier in environmental and health research.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Eat lunch, which comes in large portions and uses vegetables harvested on the property, on the hotel restaurant’s terrace, which has an astonishing view.
    Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • During the fundraising portion of the evening, auctioneer Zachary Ian Krone encouraged attendees to donate to City of Hope’s cause.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The plane's inflatable escape slide was deployed, and the nose and tail sections of the plane separated.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The aircraft was left partially submerged with its tail section snapped off, video showed.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The comet bits have also spread a fair distance from it sideways, which is why some of the particles now intersect the Earth even though the comet's orbit does not.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Binoculars may be necessary to view the comet’s wispy tail, which is a result of high-speed particles from the sun pushing gas and dust away from the comet’s nucleus.
    Dan Falk, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to the fortress itself, a number of artifacts were also unearthed, including pottery shards adorned with bright colors.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Out of the shards, a message Douglass continued studying how the Malagasy have interacted with and adapted to their changing environment and climate over time.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The elder Sitake knows about embracing faint slivers of light in dark times.
    Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The men were also fortunate enough to find a sliver of cell reception.
    Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Unappetizing flakes of the coating can also end up in your food.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Pour in the wine and sprinkle in the red pepper flakes and 3/4 teaspoon salt.
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There are many wood chip flavors on the market, but the most popular varieties are apple, cherry, hickory, mesquite and pecan.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Rare earths are key to producing computer chips, which are needed for many things like smartphones and AI systems.
    Selina Wang, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Disk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disk. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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