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Recent Examples of disk
On each key ring was a disk stamped with the number of keys that should be in the set.
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James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and gently press it into a disk.
—Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 27 Feb. 2026
This phenomenon is highly prized by stargazers because the entire lunar disk takes on a reddish color for a few moments.
—Jorge Garay, Wired News, 22 Feb. 2026
Washington brought some sparkle to the red carpet at the Royal Festival Hall, thanks to the mirrored black disks that adorned her side boob-baring bodice and the dainty straps that held the barely-there style in place.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 22 Feb. 2026
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James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and gently press it into a disk.
—Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 27 Feb. 2026
This phenomenon is highly prized by stargazers because the entire lunar disk takes on a reddish color for a few moments.
—Jorge Garay, Wired News, 22 Feb. 2026
Washington brought some sparkle to the red carpet at the Royal Festival Hall, thanks to the mirrored black disks that adorned her side boob-baring bodice and the dainty straps that held the barely-there style in place.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 22 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disk
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Then last year came the discovery of Rancho Izaguirre, just 45 minutes down the highway, where bone fragments, clothing and other evidence indicated the cartel had been disposing of bodies.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Avoiding documentary-like methods that presume to grasp events in large visual gulps, Ouédraogo offers visual fragments (however ample) that conjure a spectrum of experience that goes beyond what’s onscreen.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On Tuesday, Chicago will be just north of a warm front covering the southern portion of the metro, Doom said Monday, so temperatures in the city were expected to drop into the 50s.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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House Republicans want to return $500 million annually to the middle class by expanding an income tax credit that offsets a portion of municipal property tax bills.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
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Her time at The Post also includes five years in the Travel section.—
Becky Krystal,
Washington Post,
12 Mar. 2026
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Located between Iran’s southern coast and a peninsula shared by Oman and the Emirates, the strait is a tiny section of sea connecting the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Fortunately, however, the absolute energy of any individual particle-particle collision is tiny, corresponding to tiny fractions of a microgram’s worth of energy in terms of mass.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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Modeling plasma behavior at those conditions involves solving equations across multiple dimensions and charge states, representing trillions of mathematical particles.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
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Locked in a safe on her desk at Boston University’s Institute for Astrophysical Research is a shard of meteorite flecked with material older than the sun.—
James Dinneen,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Mar. 2026
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Scant artifacts survived those conditions, and almost all the porcelain recovered from the site consisted of shards.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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On the tea-time menu that Wednesday is Vazhakkai Bajji, green plantain slivers folded into spicy chickpea batter, deep-fried a crisp orange-brown and presented on a banana leaf with a coconut dipping chutney on the side.—
Kalpana Mohan,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Far from busier beach bars that draw maritime visitors, Island Paradise Restaurant offers classic Caribbean fare bursting with flavor in a quaint local home with a sliver of an ocean view.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
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The cake’s exterior is cloaked in smooth buttercream icing that clings to the fork, while the generous dusting of coconut flakes adds a gentle crackle with each mouthful.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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The lip exfoliators have delicate sugar crystals that gently scrub to reveal smooth, supple, flake-free lips.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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For long, chip designers have viewed moving ions as a nuisance.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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The restaurants were selected by members of the Courier Journal newsroom based on various criteria, including taste, texture, cheese and topping to chip (or tot) ratio, creativity, flavor, and more.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Disk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disk. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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