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
The space itself is decked out with giant round light fixtures and orbs that are nearly effervescent, a fitting reflection of the bar's Champagne-forward drinks program.
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Tanya Edwards, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026
Eager to earn back Giles’ trust, Jenny purchases a mystical orb and translates an ancient text to perform the ritual to restore Angel’s soul.
—ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026
To my right was a picture of a pearlescent orb floating on a blank field.
—Jonathan Odden, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Still, convincing the public to trust a futuristic silver orb with something as sensitive as biometric identity remains a challenge.
—Sam Birchall, Fortune, 1 June 2026
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Tanya Edwards, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026
Eager to earn back Giles’ trust, Jenny purchases a mystical orb and translates an ancient text to perform the ritual to restore Angel’s soul.
—ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026
To my right was a picture of a pearlescent orb floating on a blank field.
—Jonathan Odden, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Still, convincing the public to trust a futuristic silver orb with something as sensitive as biometric identity remains a challenge.
—Sam Birchall, Fortune, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orb
Noun
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The Spurs turned the ball over again on the next possession.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Castle’s putback dunk cut the deficit to two with 16 seconds left, but Mikal Bridges split a pair on the other end to give the Spurs the ball with eight seconds left, trailing by three.—
Dan Zaksheske,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
Noun
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The witness said a second sphere appeared before both objects departed silently.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
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In his hands, that old chop-socky cliché where a circle of ninjas challenges the hero one at a time becomes a sphere of ninjas simultaneously engulfing the hero from above and below.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Noun
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McGuire will meet most of Cascale’s globe-spanning operational team for the first time at the organization’s annual meeting in Athens in September.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
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Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution and will likely turbocharge extreme weather across the planet.—
Seth Borenstein,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
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“Orb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orb. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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