variants
or haloes
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as in auras
a special quality or impression associated with something
the halo of unimpeachable honesty in which the politician had long basked
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Recent Examples of halos
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey is now used by astronomers around the world to examine the wonders of the universe — including the presence of a black hole at the center of every massive galaxy, dark-matter halos around galaxies, and dwarf companion galaxies around the Milky Way, UChicago said.
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
Thick, undulating braids waving across the crown of her head and a swirled, slicked down baby curl, with finer braids fanning out like interconnecting halos.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2025
When the assassin first meets with Weaver’s character at a restaurant, the circular lighting fixtures, in conjunction with how Hirsch Whitaker frames them, suggests angelic halos floating above the criminals’ heads — fitting (if a bit obvious) in the story of a bad guy trying to do the right thing.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
The researchers found that if dark matter and dark energy exchange energy, the shapes, spins, and alignments of dark matter halos—the massive structures that surround galaxies—change in measurable ways.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025
Still, because of these findings, s astronomers have since calculated that all large galaxies are embedded within vast haloes of dark matter that expand way beyond the limits of visible matter in galaxies (such as galactic haloes of stars).
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Nov. 2025
Now many ideas, individuals, and institutions that seemed to advance moral progress have lost their halos.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
New research published Tuesday from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that the barrels with halos contain caustic alkaline waste — a highly corrosive material that has been leaking out of the barrels for decades.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
That meant the dark matter halos of the subclusters passed right through each other, just as theory predicted.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
Thick, undulating braids waving across the crown of her head and a swirled, slicked down baby curl, with finer braids fanning out like interconnecting halos.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2025
When the assassin first meets with Weaver’s character at a restaurant, the circular lighting fixtures, in conjunction with how Hirsch Whitaker frames them, suggests angelic halos floating above the criminals’ heads — fitting (if a bit obvious) in the story of a bad guy trying to do the right thing.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
The researchers found that if dark matter and dark energy exchange energy, the shapes, spins, and alignments of dark matter halos—the massive structures that surround galaxies—change in measurable ways.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025
Still, because of these findings, s astronomers have since calculated that all large galaxies are embedded within vast haloes of dark matter that expand way beyond the limits of visible matter in galaxies (such as galactic haloes of stars).
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Nov. 2025
Now many ideas, individuals, and institutions that seemed to advance moral progress have lost their halos.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
New research published Tuesday from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that the barrels with halos contain caustic alkaline waste — a highly corrosive material that has been leaking out of the barrels for decades.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
That meant the dark matter halos of the subclusters passed right through each other, just as theory predicted.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halos
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The film follows a quiet inmate arriving at a violent Indonesian prison with a supernatural entity that kills those with the darkest auras.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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This airbrush design on a long square nail comprises a mix of French-tip auras, clear blobs, and 3D florals for a fun and funky design.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
20 Jan. 2026
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And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Thwarted and truncated directorial careers are among the depressing glories of the art of movies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
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Recorded between Santiago and Barcelona, the track fuses rap, samples and introspective atmospheres with polished touches by Dacel.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
23 Jan. 2026
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The inner two worlds appear on course to lose their atmospheres altogether and become rocky super-Earths.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Halos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halos. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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