as in circles
to travel completely around
the moon orbits the Earth
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Recent Examples of orbits
Ben Smith, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
If a planet orbits close to its star in an elliptical orbit, then its interior will stretch and squeeze as the gravitational strength of the star changes.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
That's because of how the moon orbits our planet.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
That's because of how the moon orbits our planet.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
As a moon orbits a planet, the two objects gravitationally pull at one another.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Out beyond the orbit of Triton, which orbits Neptune in a little under 6 days, the other Neptunian moons have their orbital periods measured in years, and appear at a wide variety of angles and with large eccentricities.
—Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
The sun orbits all signs of the zodiac in a calendar year.
—Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
In 1995, a gas giant known as 51 Pegasi b, which orbits a star similar to Earth's sun, etched its name in cosmic history as the first exoplanet ever discovered.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
It’a a line of sight phenomenon — Earth’s view of the planet waxes and wanes as Saturn orbits the sun every 29 years.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
The plan represents a departure for Europe’s top satellite makers, which have traditionally focused on large, complex spacecraft in high orbits, but the industry has been disrupted by Starlink’s small, relatively cheap, low-orbit machines.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
If a planet orbits close to its star in an elliptical orbit, then its interior will stretch and squeeze as the gravitational strength of the star changes.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
Everything within the solar wind is inside the Sun’s extended atmosphere, known as the heliosphere, which means that, in a sense, Earth orbits through the Sun itself.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
That's because of how the moon orbits our planet.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
That's because of how the moon orbits our planet.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
As a moon orbits a planet, the two objects gravitationally pull at one another.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Out beyond the orbit of Triton, which orbits Neptune in a little under 6 days, the other Neptunian moons have their orbital periods measured in years, and appear at a wide variety of angles and with large eccentricities.
—Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
The sun orbits all signs of the zodiac in a calendar year.
—Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
In 1995, a gas giant known as 51 Pegasi b, which orbits a star similar to Earth's sun, etched its name in cosmic history as the first exoplanet ever discovered.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
It’a a line of sight phenomenon — Earth’s view of the planet waxes and wanes as Saturn orbits the sun every 29 years.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orbits
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Yet, as Team Ellison circles, the quick-footed WBD CEO supposedly has attracted the interest of Amazon and Netflix as potential buyers – or at least that’s the word on Warner Boulevard.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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The route circles the Yucatán and connects the peninsula to the neighboring states of Chiapas and Tabasco.—
Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Wearables succeeded not just by measuring physiology, but by creating feedback loops that made invisible processes visible and actionable.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Slop threatens to leach actual meaning out of the internet by creating feedback loops of recursive information.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Ski Utah Interconnect Tour traverses a mountain range with stops in Solitude, Alta, and Deer Valley.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
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There is also a dancing thread, taking the shape of the Quarona factory and circling the globe before arriving in New York, where a Loro Piana truck with raw fiber bales traverses the facade.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Then, looking at the amp rating of your circuits (most laundry appliances require a 15–30 amp circuit).—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Aug. 2025
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There is something about your wife’s observation that rings true.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
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The stylish scion of a garment-industry family, Schier fell in love at first sight with the lobby, a double-height great room with a romantic balcony that rings the second level and a coffered Moorish ceiling.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Kids dive into things that are directly related to hireable skills and profession paths.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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When the observed paths of planets became increasingly difficult to explain with a model that placed the earth at the center of the universe, eventually a new model was adopted with the sun at the center.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Three Golden Bell Awards Best Actress contenders – Ning Chang, Alice Ko and Allison Lin – will appear together for the first time to discuss career trajectories and roles for women both in front of and behind the camera.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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The teams are also on vastly different trajectories.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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In cognitive terms, constraints funnel the search away from dominant semantic pathways, encouraging more remote associations.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
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According to Cooper, two of the simplest ways to move to Europe include golden visas and digital nomad visas – both being immigration pathways offered by several European countries like Portugal, Croatia, Malta and Italy.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Orbits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orbits. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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