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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
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.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Jupiter also has dozens and dozens of orbiting moons, four of which can easily be seen using just about any telescope or even a cheap pair of binoculars.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026
The fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, Europa is an icy celestial body that scientists have long suspected could harbor the conditions necessary to support life beneath its surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
The wintry orb will be one of the three closest moons to Earth this year, with the cold moon in December expected to be the closest, according to Petro.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
On this new home, life evolves at incredible speed (a frog’s eggs become tadpoles with the ability to float within seconds), and there are toxic liquids that threaten the seeds’ viability for fulfilling their biological purpose, as well as a sky with multiple moons and Saturn-like rings.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Dec. 2025
Users have also looked to moons and planets to explain life events.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
Many icy moons in the outer solar system are believed to harbor vast subsurface oceans sandwiched between thick ice shells and rocky cores.
—New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2025
But spacecraft currently in our solar system, including NASA’s mission to the Psyche asteroid, and the Lucy mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, and European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy moons Explorer (JUICE), should be able to get a much view.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Jupiter also has dozens and dozens of orbiting moons, four of which can easily be seen using just about any telescope or even a cheap pair of binoculars.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026
The fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, Europa is an icy celestial body that scientists have long suspected could harbor the conditions necessary to support life beneath its surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
The wintry orb will be one of the three closest moons to Earth this year, with the cold moon in December expected to be the closest, according to Petro.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
On this new home, life evolves at incredible speed (a frog’s eggs become tadpoles with the ability to float within seconds), and there are toxic liquids that threaten the seeds’ viability for fulfilling their biological purpose, as well as a sky with multiple moons and Saturn-like rings.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Dec. 2025
Users have also looked to moons and planets to explain life events.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
Many icy moons in the outer solar system are believed to harbor vast subsurface oceans sandwiched between thick ice shells and rocky cores.
—New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2025
But spacecraft currently in our solar system, including NASA’s mission to the Psyche asteroid, and the Lucy mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, and European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy moons Explorer (JUICE), should be able to get a much view.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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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In 2024, when the biennial count showed an increase in unhoused young adults ages 18 to 24, for example, Heyhoe said advocates developed a new pilot program aimed at preventing youth homelessness.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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Over a massive 13 years, the scientists focused on a small whale population in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, connecting genetic information on 623 individuals as well as observing their social groups and ages.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Jan. 2026
Noun
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James both longs for a family reckoning and does everything in his power to avoid one.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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In that production, Deborah Gilmour Smyth, Lamb’s’ associate artistic director, portrayed Jessie Mae Watts, Carrie’s testy daughter-in-law in the unhappy Houston home Carrie longs to leave.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Moons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moons. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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