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globes

noun

plural of globe

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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the celestial body on which we live New Year's celebrations around the globe

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Recent Examples of globes With the fan and light turned off, check for loose globes, shades, bulbs, finials, or other decorative pieces. — Tricia Goss, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026 Most globes take between a few weeks and a few months to make, and each is a work of art, customized for clients with family histories, past travels, migration routes, and personalized themes. — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 Seeing the world through old maps The Osher Map Library, at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, is home to half a million rare maps, globes and atlases, dating as far back as the 15th century. — David Morgan, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 In another Amsterdam photo, a pair of identical world globes, recalling Ghirri’s passion for cartography and atlases, rest on matching supports to conjure that oldest of surrealist tropes, a pair of staring eyes. — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026 The Ebern Designs Rhenn flush mount comes with three milky glass globes that give you plenty of light without blinding you. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026 Luke Evans paid tribute to Tom of Finland with his all-leather Palomo Spain look with jacket, trousers and globes in burgundy. — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026 There is Fedora, a city that preserves in glass globes models of the city that might have been, making enduring art of futures that were possible once but are possible no longer. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026 In a garden designed by Denler Hobart Gardens, beautiful boxwood cones and globes are paired to enhance a stone patio's charm. — Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Lyons recalled how Meyer and Davis transformed her own cantankerous vision — mushrooms beside saddles, faucets beside disco balls, moldings beside dog doors — into a cohesive design language.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Onigiri Gorichan serves delicate Koshihikari rice balls stuffed with salmon flakes, pickled plums or Spam and egg.

— Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of balls

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Also, the fact that planets in this arrangement slide along their orbit and swap positions means that their positions in that orbit change, which, in turn, changes the timing of the transits.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026
These molecules form part of the chemical inventory that ultimately builds planets and, perhaps, even life that will one day live on those planets.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of planets

Noun

The researchers encapsulated three commercially available dyes in tiny spheres of poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA, a transparent plastic also known as plexiglass.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Wagyu beef and lamb koobideh are formed into bite-size, plump spheres doused in a sweet tomato and sumac glaze.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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Feeling her way through unfamiliar worlds has been something of a lifelong predicament and opportunity for Choi.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
There still exists in him the hope for a return to his idealistic notion of the box being a portal for dimensional advancement, where diseases could be cured, peace could be achieved, and a techno-utopia might be possible across all worlds.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of worlds

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Props designer Sam Lancaster continues this motif by introducing several orbs in pivotal moments.

— Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
Considering that her designs—from the quirky and unmistakable totem collars to magic floating orbs and funky-fine rings—look like nothing else and immediately spark joy, Ashley Moubayed is keeping disco very much alive.

— Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of orbs

Noun

And the movie’s also a super-teaming of the whole Spider-Man concept, clashing infinite earths of Spider-People together into a banter-y arachnoid squad.

— Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Aug. 2026
China imposed export restrictions on 10 US companies, including two rare-earths firms backed by Washington, marking the latest escalation in recent Sino-American trade tensions.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 22 June 2026

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