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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disk
Noun
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The notes bounced over the lapping water, and people’s voices came in fragments.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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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
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Kitchen staff pile the plates high with big portions, ensuring leftovers to take home.—
Joe Marusak
April 1,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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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
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The shutdowns are slated to take place during the night hours in sections of Alameda County, Contra Costa County and Solano County, the state Transportation Department said.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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My spacious room in the heritage section had stained cedar headboards with gorgeous grain, a large comfortable sofa and heather grey carpets.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Dozens of amateur and professional photographers were invited to find beauty in the invisible world of force fields and subatomic particles, which blip into existence for fractions of a second and hold secrets about the origin and fate of the universe.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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When the fungi were grown on wood chips or sawdust, the resulting spongy material could be pressed and baked into blocks and sheets resembling concrete, particle board, and plywood.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Surely there was something more beneath all this mild pleasantness, some edge of resentment, a few shards of indignation on the brink of cutting through.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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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
Noun
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The problem is that funds marketed to retail investors allow just that, offering them the chance to take out a sliver of their money on a quarterly or monthly basis.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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But with Friday’s 131-113 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Bulls were officially eliminated from postseason contention, removing the last sliver of competition from the final two-week stretch of the season.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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Small flakes float through the air, landing just within reach of the curious feline.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The expertise gained from manufacturing memory chips could lead to advances in other chips, such as GPUs, Albright Stonebridge Group's Triolo said.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2026
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The coyote was released later in Barrington Hills on 9 acres of private property, where rabbits and mice — not submarine sandwiches and chips — would be his daily fare.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Disk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disk. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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