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a long or seemingly long period of time
we've been planning this big event for many moons
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Recent Examples of moons
Robotic probes proved increasingly versatile and successful, eventually visiting every planet in the solar system as well as a scattering of moons, comets, and asteroids.
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New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
The accoutrements have been carefully hand-hewn and gilded, boasting an attractive luster and the faces of a sun puckering her lips plus two sleepy moons on the earrings.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
Juno, which for nine years divided its time between observing Jupiter and studying its moons, has beamed back plenty of data for scientists to comb through even after the orbiter's primary mission came to an end in 2025.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Galileo Galilei built telescopes and found Jupiter’s moons.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
This bubblegum jelly polish adds a wash of color to the nails while allowing the natural nail's half moons and smile lines to show through.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
The moon and Jupiter are both visible to the naked eye, though binoculars will reveal Jupiter’s moons and sharpen the moon’s surface detail.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
First quarter moons tend to surface friction, delays, or reality checks that ask us to adjust rather than abandon our goals.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 25 Jan. 2026
Saturn's largest moons Titan, Dione, Rhea and Tethys will also be visible as bright specs of light extending to one side of the gas giant's disk.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2026
New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
The accoutrements have been carefully hand-hewn and gilded, boasting an attractive luster and the faces of a sun puckering her lips plus two sleepy moons on the earrings.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
Juno, which for nine years divided its time between observing Jupiter and studying its moons, has beamed back plenty of data for scientists to comb through even after the orbiter's primary mission came to an end in 2025.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Galileo Galilei built telescopes and found Jupiter’s moons.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
This bubblegum jelly polish adds a wash of color to the nails while allowing the natural nail's half moons and smile lines to show through.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
The moon and Jupiter are both visible to the naked eye, though binoculars will reveal Jupiter’s moons and sharpen the moon’s surface detail.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
First quarter moons tend to surface friction, delays, or reality checks that ask us to adjust rather than abandon our goals.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 25 Jan. 2026
Saturn's largest moons Titan, Dione, Rhea and Tethys will also be visible as bright specs of light extending to one side of the gas giant's disk.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moons
Noun
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Those tush-pushes can’t beat you if The Winter Soldier’s facing third-and-forevers.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That’s the message from a new AARP survey of American voters, with a focus on women ages 50 and over.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Ski & Ride School offers group and private lessons for all ages, with age-specific kids’ programs, camps, and adaptive instruction.—
Denny Lee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2026
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The narrator cries, rages, longs for the living body and the lively boy, and obsesses over painful details, especially the bleak journey by sea that brought the remains of his beloved friend back home.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Before long, the film will shift gears to a third main character, Madame Suman’s daughter-in-law Nat (a steely Davika Hoorne), who recently died of lung disease and longs for her still-living husband March (Witsarut Himmarat).—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Moons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moons. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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