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
There’s a common arachnid called the orb-weaving spider native to Illinois and other Midwestern states that has the falcon beat.
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Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
The paved trail also includes an underpass that opens up to a cascade of glowing orbs, which will illuminate the path at night.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Adding further depth to the dial is a 12-hour split in rose gold and blue markings for day and night, as well as a polished, planet-like orb indicating the 24-hour scale of the second time zone.
—Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2026
The Louis lamp fashioned like an orb hanging from a triangle block or the Analog envisaged like a Lego brick or a block from Tetris are among some of its quirky pieces.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026
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Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
The paved trail also includes an underpass that opens up to a cascade of glowing orbs, which will illuminate the path at night.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Adding further depth to the dial is a 12-hour split in rose gold and blue markings for day and night, as well as a polished, planet-like orb indicating the 24-hour scale of the second time zone.
—Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2026
The Louis lamp fashioned like an orb hanging from a triangle block or the Analog envisaged like a Lego brick or a block from Tetris are among some of its quirky pieces.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orb
Noun
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His ability to put the ball on the floor and get to the hole is impressive.—
Alissa Noe,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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Fischer hit a ball to right field that a fan reached over the fence to catch, and Fischer was credited with a double on fan interference for a 6-2 lead.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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The treatise, a ninth-century copy of Archimedes’ work on the volume of spheres, was lost during World War I.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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For compact surfaces like spheres, researchers showed that the metric and mean curvature uniquely fix the surface.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Mar. 2026
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That funding is backing laboratory and computer analysis of research samples and findings, creating new data from digging in on old craters around our globe.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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Beyond the prestige and globe-trotting lifestyle, being a pilot comes with six-figure pay, is AI-proof, and—perhaps surprisingly—requires no college degree.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Orb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orb. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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