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Recent Examples of discoidal
One thing that particularly drew his interest was the idea of discoidal aircraft – what are more popularly known as flying saucers.
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2025
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
David Szondy, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discoidal
Adjective
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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
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The reasons for this discrepancy aren’t clear, but the answer could be tied to other discoid eczema risk factors.—
Stephanie Watson,
SELF,
8 Apr. 2022
Adjective
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The scalloped, circular shape departs from the traditional square shape of dinner napkins.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 2025
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Because of the positions and orbits of neighboring moons, Io’s orbit is elliptical rather than circular.—
Robin Andrews,
Wired News,
15 June 2025
Adjective
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Southern Oregon is smack in the middle of the upcoming annular solar eclipse on October 14.—
Julia Duin,
Outside Online,
6 June 2025
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There can also be partial, annular or hybrid solar eclipses, depending on how much of the sun the moon covers.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Or what happens if the cylinder is not perfectly spherical?—
Steven Strogatz,
Quanta Magazine,
12 June 2025
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The Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun at a distance 1,000 times greater than the orbit of Neptune, is widely thought to be spherical — although it has never been directly observed.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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The globular segments of the abstract piece, Complexing, could be a kind of smudging, a devolving, of the pregnant and engorged curvilinear silhouette of an earlier figurative sculpture, Monument.—
Nina-Sophia Miralles,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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As a wave of radioactive green slime envelops him, his body begins to transform—limbs mutating, rows of bloody fangs emerging—his globular, wormlike form, slithering menacingly across the screen.—
Laura Holliday,
Wired News,
2 May 2025
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“Discoidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discoidal. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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