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as in oval
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as in rectangular
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Recent Examples of oblong
First, the basics: Your face is either oblong, oval, round, heart-shaped, or square.
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Julie Ricevuto, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2025
The display is an oblong rectangle, like a standard full-length mirror.
—Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Just pick your favorite oblong style, then perfectly fit your umbrella inside to avoid April showers.
—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The paintings present as a series of orbs stacked and surrounded by other circles, divided by an oblong form.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Julie Ricevuto, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2025
The display is an oblong rectangle, like a standard full-length mirror.
—Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Just pick your favorite oblong style, then perfectly fit your umbrella inside to avoid April showers.
—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The paintings present as a series of orbs stacked and surrounded by other circles, divided by an oblong form.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oblong
Adjective
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The Kohler Sunstruck oval tub is standard in the primary bathroom if this layout is chosen.—
Benjamin C Tankersley,
Washington Post,
1 Feb. 2023
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This simple opener works well on circular cans but may not be effective on dented, square, or oval cans.—
Maya Polton,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Available in two sizes, this tablecloth is best suited to square and rectangular tables.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 2025
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Round and rectangular tablecloths are the most common tablecloths, but there are also oval tablecloths and square tablecloths available.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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Its flat body not only fits more comfortably in a pocket than a traditional cylindrical design but also increases the torque applied through the bit driver by expanding the radius out from the center of the screw.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 June 2025
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To that end, Titan’s hull was made of carbon fiber rather than titanium or steel and it was designed in a cylindrical shape, not a sphere.—
Adam Carlson,
People.com,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Eventually, her hand emerged, gripping an ovoid glass jar with a pale-yellow label.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Ovid’s godly characters are whittled down to basic geometric forms like ovoid shapes and cones that together recount the tale in some of the world’s most phonetically complex languages, such as Abkhaz from Abkhazia, Chatino from inland Oaxaca, and Silbo Gomero from La Gomera in the Canary Islands.—
Mariana Fernández,
ARTnews.com,
18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Or what happens if the cylinder is not perfectly spherical?—
Steven Strogatz,
Quanta Magazine,
12 June 2025
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The Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun at a distance 1,000 times greater than the orbit of Neptune, is widely thought to be spherical — although it has never been directly observed.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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The globular segments of the abstract piece, Complexing, could be a kind of smudging, a devolving, of the pregnant and engorged curvilinear silhouette of an earlier figurative sculpture, Monument.—
Nina-Sophia Miralles,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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As a wave of radioactive green slime envelops him, his body begins to transform—limbs mutating, rows of bloody fangs emerging—his globular, wormlike form, slithering menacingly across the screen.—
Laura Holliday,
Wired News,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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The scalloped, circular shape departs from the traditional square shape of dinner napkins.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 2025
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Because of the positions and orbits of neighboring moons, Io’s orbit is elliptical rather than circular.—
Robin Andrews,
Wired News,
15 June 2025
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“Oblong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblong. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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