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Recent Examples of disk
For a playful spin, swap the classic bolster pillow for a trio of disc pillows.
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Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 5 Apr. 2026
Usually, this signature indicates the presence of a disk of material surrounding a merger remnant.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Apr. 2026
Cosmos are members of the aster family (Asteracea), whose members produce disk-like flowers packed with tiny blooms and surrounded by showy ray petals.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
The 15-time major champion has struggled to compete of late, especially after rupturing his Achilles at his home last March and undergoing a lumbar disc replacement last October.
—Megan Armstrong, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
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Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 5 Apr. 2026
Usually, this signature indicates the presence of a disk of material surrounding a merger remnant.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Apr. 2026
Cosmos are members of the aster family (Asteracea), whose members produce disk-like flowers packed with tiny blooms and surrounded by showy ray petals.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
The 15-time major champion has struggled to compete of late, especially after rupturing his Achilles at his home last March and undergoing a lumbar disc replacement last October.
—Megan Armstrong, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disk
Noun
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Broger initially came across the shattered skull and bone fragments before contacting del Río to investigate.—
Ryan Brennan
April 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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This post has been corrected to reflect that submunitions, rather than fragments, landed in Tel Aviv, according to the source.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Success, Guerra said, will depend in part on whether the county will contribute its portion of the property tax increases, and on officials’ ability to attract new, for-profit businesses to the area.—
ANNIKA MERRILEES,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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During their flyby on April 6, 2026, the Artemis II crew captured a portion of the moon along the boundary between lunar day and night, where low-angle sunlight casts long, dramatic shadows across the surface, revealing rugged topography, craters and ridges in striking detail.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
7 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
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In the late 1990s, when physicists unexpectedly discovered that neutrinos have mass, Thierry Lasserre abandoned cosmology to go all in on the particles.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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Subatomic particles, gravity wells and the beginning of the universe – these are difficult and mysterious concepts that are better understood with storytelling and metaphor.—
Regina G. Barber,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2026
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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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Only a portion of the Moon is visible in frame below, with its curved edge revealing a bright sliver of sunlight returning after nearly an hour of darkness.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2026
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Every second, that rice-sized sliver sifts through billions of bits of data on 20 watts of power.—
Philip Moyer,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cook rounds of zucchini until tender and golden, then toss them with garlic, red pepper flakes, Kalamata olives, and lemon juice for a bright, briny sauce.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
31 Mar. 2026
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Is that oblong speck an egg sac or a flake of dandruff?—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
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 11 Apr. 2026.
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