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as in sphere
a more or less round body or mass
the glassblower shaped the molten mass into a globe of remarkable thinness and clarity
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Recent Examples of globe
The final women’s window displays a foulard created for Bergdorf Goodman on a green backdrop with a thistle flower motif surrounded by globes indicating where Loro Piana fibers are found.
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David Moin, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Patients aged 50 and older accounted for 70 percent of those injuries, which ranged from retinal detachment and orbital fractures all the way to a ruptured globe.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
One of the park lights, its white globes uncannily egg‑like, framed the right side of the field.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
In winter, Montréal slips into snow-globe mode, all candlelit bistros and cozy gastropubs serving warming local classics from gourmet poutine to tourtière.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
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David Moin, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Patients aged 50 and older accounted for 70 percent of those injuries, which ranged from retinal detachment and orbital fractures all the way to a ruptured globe.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
One of the park lights, its white globes uncannily egg‑like, framed the right side of the field.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
In winter, Montréal slips into snow-globe mode, all candlelit bistros and cozy gastropubs serving warming local classics from gourmet poutine to tourtière.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for globe
Noun
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The right-wing media sphere is often a sensitive subject.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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The interests of humanity are best served by cooperation, not a policy of antagonism that seeks to slice up the world into unhappy spheres of interest, dominated by modern-day colonial overlords.—
Gustavo Petro,
Time,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Turns out, these androids have been sent to the planet to capture the Kalisk for the Weyland-Yutani corporation's nefarious secret research purposes.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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To better understand how solar wind energy interacts with Mars’ atmosphere and magnetic environment, and how that might have altered the planet's surface, NASA and the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory are sending twin orbiters to the Red Planet.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Cherki is unique but plays with a blend of Samir Nasri’s swivel hips and Dimitri Payet’s ball striking.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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And to get to play these characters that are layered and complex and multidimensional is really fun — anything where there's a public and a private life, and a secret, and different elements at play, and having to keep different balls in the air is really fulfilling and fun.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But just as his career was taking flight, his personal world fell apart.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Carrie, meanwhile, is villainized for her admittedly deluded quest to reunite with her biological son in a world that has dismissed them.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Globe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/globe. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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