as in ovals
a shape that resembles a flattened circle
The teacher drew an ellipse on the chalkboard that intended to illustrate the moon's orbit around the Earth.
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Noun
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The robot struggled with simple tasks, such as cracking eggs and pouring milk.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
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Use a splatter screen when frying eggs and bacon for breakfast.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 Nov. 2025
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Instead of stacks of money or safety deposit boxes, there are cameras, lights and screens fastened together to create two giant orbs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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These states’ extensive coastlines may explain part of the clustering, but the types of objects described—ranging from glowing orbs to submerged shapes that move at high speed—suggest something far more unusual.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Ellipses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ellipses. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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