as in circled
to travel completely around
the moon orbits the Earth
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Recent Examples of orbited
Donadio was a regular at the Italian Pavilion, whose gleaming glass atrium was the sun around which publishing orbited in the Seventies and Eighties.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The political careers of the governor and former vice president have orbited each other but never crossed since Newsom was sworn in as San Francisco’s mayor and Harris as the city’s district attorney on the same day in 2004.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
An estimated 1,500 Starlink satellites have already been de-orbited, according to the astronomer Jonathan McDowell.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four planets on compact orbits close to their star, and all of which are seen to transit.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Per The Monroe News, all three women are credited with working on the 1962 Friendship 7 mission, during which astronaut Glenn orbited the Earth, settling the score with the Soviets, who had accomplished the feat roughly one year prior.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
The conclusion comes from a fresh look at data from NASA’s Cassini mission, which orbited Saturn for nearly 20 years.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
Given the possible sub-solar neutron star implied by the gravitational wave data, researchers hypothesize that a supernova’s two newborn neutron stars orbited into one another to generate a separate kilonova.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2025
For years, publishing a novel had been the star around which my life had orbited.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The political careers of the governor and former vice president have orbited each other but never crossed since Newsom was sworn in as San Francisco’s mayor and Harris as the city’s district attorney on the same day in 2004.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
An estimated 1,500 Starlink satellites have already been de-orbited, according to the astronomer Jonathan McDowell.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four planets on compact orbits close to their star, and all of which are seen to transit.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Per The Monroe News, all three women are credited with working on the 1962 Friendship 7 mission, during which astronaut Glenn orbited the Earth, settling the score with the Soviets, who had accomplished the feat roughly one year prior.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
The conclusion comes from a fresh look at data from NASA’s Cassini mission, which orbited Saturn for nearly 20 years.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
Given the possible sub-solar neutron star implied by the gravitational wave data, researchers hypothesize that a supernova’s two newborn neutron stars orbited into one another to generate a separate kilonova.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2025
For years, publishing a novel had been the star around which my life had orbited.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orbited
Verb
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The suspect then circled and drove directly at another officer, the report states.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Ducks circled the wagons to win 6-5 in a bonus frame.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
23 Mar. 2026
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Some 80 oil and gas tankers a day typically traversed the Strait of Hormuz before the war, The New York Times noted.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The landscape—rolling hills, thick forests, and lush river valleys—lends itself to hiking and biking, and the park is also traversed by the Green and Nolin rivers, which offer plenty of opportunities for boating and fishing.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Mar. 2026
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Instead of forming a concentric pattern around Katmai, the ash encircled Novarupta.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Just beyond this mess, a chain-link fence encircled the site of the lodge.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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