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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
From even tiny initial seed fluctuations in the matter density of the Universe, star clusters, galaxies, groups and clusters of galaxies, and even larger structures like superclusters began to form.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
Understanding them helps astronomers probe how black holes influence their host galaxies, regulating star formation and spreading matter and energy far into intergalactic space.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2025
But a new study points in a different direction, linking them instead to superwind outflows from spiral host galaxies.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
By some few hundreds of millions of years later, galaxies had formed.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2025
Art, Blackness, and the Universe is an outward gaze—one that stretches across galaxies.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
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
Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
Understanding them helps astronomers probe how black holes influence their host galaxies, regulating star formation and spreading matter and energy far into intergalactic space.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2025
But a new study points in a different direction, linking them instead to superwind outflows from spiral host galaxies.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
By some few hundreds of millions of years later, galaxies had formed.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2025
Art, Blackness, and the Universe is an outward gaze—one that stretches across galaxies.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for galaxies
Noun
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Arnold’s new cookbook reflects both of those worlds while also serving as an accessible primer for people wanting to understand Thai cooking techniques and ingredients.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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Sprinkled with laughter and childlike energy, this debate explores the pros and cons of both worlds.—
Jordan Owens,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In some young star cluster within the Milky Way galaxy, about 27,000 light-years from the galactic center, a new star system has just emerged within the last 60 million years.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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The rogue planet, which does not orbit any star, is called Cha 1107-7626 and is outside of our solar system, 620 light-years from Earth in the Chamaeleon constellation.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Galaxies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxies. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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