as in ball
a more or less round body or mass
out of the countless celestial orbs twirling in space, the planet Earth remains the only one we can call home, so perhaps we should take care of it
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Recent Examples of orb
Videos posted on the X showed a blue orb in the night sky that was visible in the U.K., France and other countries.
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Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
In the film, Jason Momoa’s Garrett Garrison has to battle the chicken jockey on the way to finding the orb that can take him back to the real world.
—Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Abyssal Edge – This sword is Strand, and that works with the Unraveling Orbs artifact mod that gives Strand weapons Unraveling Rounds on orb pickup which works with Flash Counter damage.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
But our clever crafter has Dennis hide the orb of dominance in the human world, thereby delaying Malgosha’s plans for multidimensional conquest.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
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Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
In the film, Jason Momoa’s Garrett Garrison has to battle the chicken jockey on the way to finding the orb that can take him back to the real world.
—Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Abyssal Edge – This sword is Strand, and that works with the Unraveling Orbs artifact mod that gives Strand weapons Unraveling Rounds on orb pickup which works with Flash Counter damage.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
But our clever crafter has Dennis hide the orb of dominance in the human world, thereby delaying Malgosha’s plans for multidimensional conquest.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orb
Noun
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At the 10:19 mark of the second quarter, Brown caught the ball in the left corner, with his feet set behind the 3-point line, and had a seemingly wide-open look at the basket.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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Villa have grown more patient without the ball and are more organised.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Encouraging infrastructure growth is a delicate and complicated process, requiring buy-in and cooperation from many actors in both the private and public spheres.—
Gordon Bitko,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The Fondazione Prada, which has its headquarters in a Milan arts center that has a bar designed by Wes Anderson, has long been active in the film sphere.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
14 May 2025
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But the story is very different on the planet globes were made to represent.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Another character is a mascot with a [globe] head who runs out of the plane while on fire.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2025
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“Orb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orb. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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