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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
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.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
Besides its prominent cloud belts, Jupiter's greatest telescopic treasure are its four Galilean moons that run a merry race with each other around the planet, changing their respective positions from hour to hour and night to night.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 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
Julius Randle was an All-NBA frontman just a couple moons ago.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
Besides its prominent cloud belts, Jupiter's greatest telescopic treasure are its four Galilean moons that run a merry race with each other around the planet, changing their respective positions from hour to hour and night to night.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 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
Julius Randle was an All-NBA frontman just a couple moons ago.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moons
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Their two children, ages 4 and 1, were found physically unharmed in the residence when police conducted the welfare check.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Their two young children, ages 1 and 4, were also at the home at the time of the slayings, but were not physically harmed.—
Muri Assuncao,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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And while Mamdani longs for a future of free Big Apple trips, riders will instead be getting slapped with price hikes in a matter of days.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
1 Jan. 2026
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The Frostys spread joy all year, providing happy sing-a-longs to seniors living in memory care communities.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Dec. 2025
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“Moons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moons. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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