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Recent Examples of disk
Large solar telescopes provide high-resolution images but cover limited areas, while smaller instruments can monitor the entire solar disk but lack fine detail.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 25 May 2025
To free up disk space from the Recycle Bin:
Search for Recycle Bin on your desktop and right-click it.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
In the same vein as a Play-Doh hair salon toy, an extruder works by using an auger tool to push the dough through one of the interchangeable shaping disks.
—Alexis Berger, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 May 2025
The structure of the disk is dominated by four major spiral arms and several smaller ones.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 25 May 2025
To free up disk space from the Recycle Bin:
Search for Recycle Bin on your desktop and right-click it.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
In the same vein as a Play-Doh hair salon toy, an extruder works by using an auger tool to push the dough through one of the interchangeable shaping disks.
—Alexis Berger, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 May 2025
The structure of the disk is dominated by four major spiral arms and several smaller ones.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disk
Noun
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The bulk of the work is usually left to the cast: the routine version of a movie involves pictures of actors acting, like audiovisual fragments of plays.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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During their excavations, the scientists also found several artifacts, including charcoal and fragments of broken ceramics.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 June 2025
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Elam also shared portions of one of Lewis' final text messages to her.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
14 June 2025
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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, speaking alongside President Zelenskyy in Kyiv on June 12, said that the initial $4.6 billion pledge has grown to more than $10 billion, with a substantial portion earmarked for Ukraine’s procurement and production of long-range weaponry.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Those who have lived in Fort Worth long enough remember the early days of Barber’s Book Store as a downtown institution – a treasure house of volumes that put all the department store book sections to shame.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 June 2025
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Footage circulating on news channels and social media appeared to show flames and smoke rising from a section of the complex, which is located in the Kangan area of Iran's south coast province of Bushehr.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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According to Chi Li, assistant research professor and first author of the study, the small particles identified tend to come from direct air emissions, such as black carbon particles from diesel engines, or the smoke from wildfires.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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These filters trap smaller particles, such as pollen.—
Sharon Liao,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 June 2025
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On Sunday, June 8, a cracked glass panel installed above the pool deck of Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas gave way, raining down shards on the lounge chairs of the deck below.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
11 June 2025
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Tiny shards of red, black and purple glass littered the pavement.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 June 2025
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The first quarter of the menu is raw or nearly so (and heavily inspired by Ward’s many trips to Japan): sashimi slivers of that madai, hamachi and bluefin are enlivened with white soy, tama miso or simple fresh wasabi.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The album’s most interesting moments are the ones that try to reveal a sliver of the star’s more complex innermost thoughts, including some insecurities.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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Kimchi is a traditional Korean dish made by fermenting vegetables (usually napa cabbage and radishes) with a mix of seasonings, such as garlic, ginger, red chili flakes, fish sauce, gochugaru, and sometimes sugar.—
Lauren Manaker MS,
Health,
11 June 2025
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Makers will then heat the whey and add acid, which causes flakes to form on the surface.—
Alessandra Signorelli,
Vogue,
9 June 2025
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Last year, PepsiCo began adding more chips to bags following complaints about shrinkflation.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2025
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And again, the numbers bear out that any forward-thinking company is putting significant chips, no pun intended, on AI work.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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“Disk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disk. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.
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