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a huge physical or conceptual distance
they're a galaxy apart when it comes to politics
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Recent Examples of galaxies
If similar inflow patterns are found in other inactive galaxies, red geysers could become a key model for understanding how galaxies across the universe grow old, and quietly stay that way.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
The European Space Agency telescope is designed to make a 3D map of the universe by looking at billions of galaxies up to 10 billion light years away across one third of the sky.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
Another possibility is that the unusual objects are star-forming galaxies.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Such galaxies are small when compared to our Milky Way, which contains hundreds of billions of stars.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
However, the image ended up being so deep—and revealed so many galaxies—that some of the individual objects began to merge and become indistinguishable from each other.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
And there were no major extragalactic objects, like galaxies or galaxy clusters, located anywhere within this field-of-view.
—Big Think, 9 Apr. 2025
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
The European Space Agency telescope is designed to make a 3D map of the universe by looking at billions of galaxies up to 10 billion light years away across one third of the sky.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
Another possibility is that the unusual objects are star-forming galaxies.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Such galaxies are small when compared to our Milky Way, which contains hundreds of billions of stars.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
However, the image ended up being so deep—and revealed so many galaxies—that some of the individual objects began to merge and become indistinguishable from each other.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
And there were no major extragalactic objects, like galaxies or galaxy clusters, located anywhere within this field-of-view.
—Big Think, 9 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for galaxies
Noun
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Artificial intelligence is no longer just a software revolution; it is becoming embodied in machines that move, and sense, and machines and platforms that decide in the physical and cyber worlds.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Now, Comic Con’s reversal on the issue represents one of the biggest and most consequential shifts in the comic and fandom worlds, and seems to be part of a much greater turning tide sweeping across the entertainment landscape.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Betelgeuse’s reddish tint can be spotted gleaming from the Orion constellation, situated about 650 light-years away from Earth.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
20 Jan. 2026
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Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four planets on compact orbits close to their star, and all of which are seen to transit.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Galaxies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxies. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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