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as in balls
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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as in planets
the celestial body on which we live
New Year's celebrations around the globe
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Recent Examples of globes
In a garden designed by Denler Hobart Gardens, beautiful boxwood cones and globes are paired to enhance a stone patio's charm.
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Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2026
Dancers execute choreography with four to as many as 50 hoops, creating intricate designs such as animals and globes.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Instead of speakers, the Project G had sound globes.
—Allison Marsh, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2026
Best Actress and Best Actor in a Drama winners Michelle Pfeiffer and Tom Cruise hung out with their globes in the press room in 1990.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
At the center, students can explore maps and globes, including modern ones and some that date back hundreds of years, sourced from around the world.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Dec. 2025
Jellyfish paperweight $33 Shop Now Snow globes that stay put are paperweights.
—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
Besides dusting, this includes wiping off the lightbulbs, removing any light globes to wash and dry them, and wiping dust from the fan’s motor and pull chain with a microfiber cloth.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
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.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2026
Dancers execute choreography with four to as many as 50 hoops, creating intricate designs such as animals and globes.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Instead of speakers, the Project G had sound globes.
—Allison Marsh, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2026
Best Actress and Best Actor in a Drama winners Michelle Pfeiffer and Tom Cruise hung out with their globes in the press room in 1990.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
At the center, students can explore maps and globes, including modern ones and some that date back hundreds of years, sourced from around the world.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Dec. 2025
Jellyfish paperweight $33 Shop Now Snow globes that stay put are paperweights.
—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
Besides dusting, this includes wiping off the lightbulbs, removing any light globes to wash and dry them, and wiping dust from the fan’s motor and pull chain with a microfiber cloth.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
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.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for globes
Noun
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In his first race in 2018, Kaegi emphasized the importance of calling balls and strikes, not favoring one property class over another.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Their play is a symphony of cheers and swishes, conversation and laughter, dribbling balls and rattling rims.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
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Astronomers typically find such volatile ices only in very cold and shielded environments, such as dense molecular clouds, the envelopes surrounding young stellar objects, or the disks where planets form.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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What's happening with the new race to the moon and other planets?—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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All were active in Los Angeles — Williams, for instance, was a pivotal designer on the LAX Theme Building — and Smith interlaces decorative flourishes in varying styles that twist around one another to work up the Legacy Tower’s pointed spheres.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Their bold blooms pair beautifully with floral sprays, spikes, spheres, and spillers, while the leggy stems of climbing roses provide the perfect support for daintier vines.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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Content oversight provided by Studio 1847 Some artists work within a genre, but Omen Kaine builds worlds.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2026
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So confident that India was the best of all worlds!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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Their crop tops and miniskirts were covered in plastic orbs, which were layered over nude fabric.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
11 Mar. 2026
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Still, those people who live in either of these two orbs will see prices go higher.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2026
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Following talks in the Indian capital, the two countries’ prime ministers inked a deal deepening rare-earths cooperation, and pledged to double bilateral trade by the end of the decade.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Many companies that depend on these magnets have been looking for alternatives, either a rare-earths-free magnet or a motor without magnets.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Globes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/globes. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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