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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 galaxy Astronomers don’t just survey an astronomical object like a planet, galaxy or supernova once, either. John Peterson, The Conversation, 23 June 2025 What’s more interesting is that researchers glimpsed 10 times more galaxies than expected. Jay Kakade june 22, New Atlas, 22 June 2025 As political machinations across the galaxy threaten to implode, Paul and Chani (Zendaya) must decide whether their love and cause can survive the burden of messianic power. Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 The thickness of these filaments, however, is less than a tenth of the width of our galaxy. Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for galaxy
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  • The New Zealand singer-songwriter’s third album, released in August 2021, reveled in the comfort of distance, toasting to idyllic interior worlds.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • Android Circuit rounds up the news from the Android world every weekend here on Forbes.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025

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“Galaxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxy. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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