hooplike

adjective

Definition of hooplikenext
as in circular

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  1. circular
  2. spherical
  3. annular
  4. discoidal
  5. globular
  6. discoid
Adjective
  • The firms have invested billions into AI labs that, in turn, spend heavily on cloud computing from those same companies, creating what Moody's described as a circular AI ecosystem.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • Most stories of this ilk build a linear trajectory—from performance, occasionally to education, to deduction, and finally to the household—but No Name is a circular story.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of circular
Adjective
  • Rather than assembling it in the workshop, the whole spherical valve was put together outside the assembly yard.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026
  • Of course the world is spherical and, as such, very similar to a ball.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of spherical
Adjective
  • Malaysian photographer Teoh Hui Chieh created a stunning time-lapse video of an Australian annular solar eclipse transpiring at sunrise in 2013.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 July 2026
  • This annular solar eclipse has a long and broad path, rising southwest of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in the south Pacific Ocean and setting in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 June 2026
Definition of annular
Adjective
  • One thing that particularly drew his interest was the idea of discoidal aircraft – what are more popularly known as flying saucers.
    — David Szondy, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2025
Definition of discoidal
Adjective
  • The pieces are abstract but appear to show featureless human figures sitting atop globular, cloud-like shapes that float in the air.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
  • This cultivar, 'Little Gem', grows with scale-like leaves in dense, flat sprays presented in a globular shape.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 25 May 2026
Definition of globular
Adjective
  • The main difference between my form of lupus and other variations of the disease is that discoid lupus is cutaneous, or limited to the skin.
    — Amanda Mitchell, Allure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The reasons for this discrepancy aren’t clear, but the answer could be tied to other discoid eczema risk factors.
    — Stephanie Watson, SELF, 8 Apr. 2022
Definition of discoid
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“Hooplike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooplike. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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