disciform

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Adjective
  • This annular solar eclipse has a long and broad path, rising southwest of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in the south Pacific Ocean and setting in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 June 2026
  • In 2027, Ramadan will begin around Feb. 7, depending on when the crescent moon is first sighted, soon after an annular solar eclipse visible from South America and west Africa.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Seeing this sustainable concept come to life has inspired Cornwell to create his own circular fashion brand, which is set to debut soon.
    Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 24 June 2026
  • The company has also entered into financing deals with suppliers, including Nvidia and AMD, that have been criticized for being circular in nature.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
Adjective
  • The main difference between my form of lupus and other variations of the disease is that discoid lupus is cutaneous, or limited to the skin.
    Amanda Mitchell, Allure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Some target the hair follicles or scalp specifically—like alopecia areata and discoid lupus erythematosus—while others (such as thyroid disease) affect another part of the body and can cause hair loss as one of many symptoms, Dr. Lo Sicco explains.
    Krissy Brady, SELF, 5 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • One thing that particularly drew his interest was the idea of discoidal aircraft – what are more popularly known as flying saucers.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The mostly spherical design also resembles its main rival, the Echo Dot Max, but while Amazon's speaker offers touch controls on a small concave plastic panel on the front, the Google Home Speaker hides them under a colorful, mesh surface to maintain a uniform look on the upper part of the device.
    Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 24 June 2026
  • Known as the Galactic Center Excess, a spherical gamma-ray glow extending out for thousands of light-years from the core of our galaxy, this high-energy light has baffled researchers for over a decade.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 June 2026
Adjective
  • The pieces are abstract but appear to show featureless human figures sitting atop globular, cloud-like shapes that float in the air.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
  • Nike engineered the globular Air units to be flexible and low to the ground.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Disciform.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disciform. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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