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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
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.
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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
One of the park lights, its white globes uncannily egg‑like, framed the right side of the field.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
For example, swapping rustic barn lights for sleek, glass globes can instantly update a space without much effort.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
Chilled cryotherapy globes by Epicutis are also included and intended for take-home use.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
Edward Herman from the Cook Islands' Seabed Minerals Authority holding polymetallic nodules, misshapen black globes encrusted with cobalt, nickel, manganese and other coveted metals, on June 12, 2025.
—Hugh Cameron
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
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
One of the park lights, its white globes uncannily egg‑like, framed the right side of the field.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
For example, swapping rustic barn lights for sleek, glass globes can instantly update a space without much effort.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
Chilled cryotherapy globes by Epicutis are also included and intended for take-home use.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
Edward Herman from the Cook Islands' Seabed Minerals Authority holding polymetallic nodules, misshapen black globes encrusted with cobalt, nickel, manganese and other coveted metals, on June 12, 2025.
—Hugh Cameron
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for globes
Noun
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Think timeless toys like sand, rubber balls, jump rope, and cardboard boxes.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
6 Nov. 2025
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His was a random assortment, the stuff of Walmart value packs, including the clip-on bobber balls that amateurs use.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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And there’s also an argument that humans shouldn’t be going to planets and moons at all and should instead stick to building space stations and other sorts of artificial orbital habitats.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
10 Nov. 2025
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Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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In his own secret lair, Vilgefortz learns from Istredd that Ciri possesses a the power to collapse space and time — not only for the Continent, but for other spheres of reality.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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These are frequently shaped into nested spheres—though there are many exceptions, including intricate axial symmetries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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But beyond the text on his screen there are entire worlds—of history, philosophy, and maybe even of love—in the stories and people he and AI conjure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Their findings show that planets are far less common around stars in this late stage of life, suggesting that many close-orbiting worlds are likely destroyed as their stars expand, offering strong observational evidence of this dramatic planetary demise.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Instead of stacks of money or safety deposit boxes, there are cameras, lights and screens fastened together to create two giant orbs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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These states’ extensive coastlines may explain part of the clustering, but the types of objects described—ranging from glowing orbs to submerged shapes that move at high speed—suggest something far more unusual.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Trump signed a rare-earths deal with Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
28 Oct. 2025
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The new rare-earths restrictions can be deployed not only against the United States, but against any country that dares to oppose Xi’s will.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Globes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/globes. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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