as in tower
a high place or structure from which a wide view is possible
the observatory is located on a mountaintop
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Soon more powerful observatories, including the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Hubble Space Telescope, will scrutinize the object—which, thanks to its alien, interstellar provenance may be the oldest comet anyone has ever seen.
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Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 16 July 2025
The Vatican’s Castel Gandolfo estate includes 135 acres of both farmland and gardens, and is also home to the historical Vatican observatory, which specializes in astronomical research.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
The three-floor observatory, on floors 50 to 52 at the top of the Prudential Center, hosts a variety of exhibits, a bistro and the Stratus bar.
—Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
The nearly $2 billion mission, led by the ESA, will be a next-generation observatory, joining the ranks of the current workhorse of gravitational wave physics, the Nobel Prize–winning Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), in Livingston, La., and Hanford, Wash.
—Tereza Pultarova, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2025
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Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 16 July 2025
The Vatican’s Castel Gandolfo estate includes 135 acres of both farmland and gardens, and is also home to the historical Vatican observatory, which specializes in astronomical research.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
The three-floor observatory, on floors 50 to 52 at the top of the Prudential Center, hosts a variety of exhibits, a bistro and the Stratus bar.
—Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
The nearly $2 billion mission, led by the ESA, will be a next-generation observatory, joining the ranks of the current workhorse of gravitational wave physics, the Nobel Prize–winning Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), in Livingston, La., and Hanford, Wash.
—Tereza Pultarova, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for observatory
Noun
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With its own helicopter pad on the top of the 38-story tower, the Rolls-Royce showroom and Houston's only Bugatti dealership on the ground floor, you will be immersed in luxury from head to toe.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Advertisement Now suppose there’s also a post by your uncle falsely claiming that COVID was caused by 5G towers.—
Noah Giansiracusa,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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Visitors can see the Canyon from overlooks on the South Rim, such as Mather Point and the popular sunrise/sunset viewing spot Hopi Point.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Cross wooden boardwalks over wetlands, hike to river overlooks, and search for fossils and shark teeth at Fossil Beach.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
24 July 2025
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Roberts, now 48, and Fowler headed into the building, while Saur reportedly served as a lookout and watched the rewired cameras.—
Mark Gray,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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The lookout point is equipped with viewing binoculars.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Observatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/observatory. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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