as in elliptic
having the shape of an egg
the Oval Office in the White House
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Recent Examples of oval
Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
In the dining room, the family’s original China collection — complete and fully intact — is set on a long, oval table.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2023
Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
An anxious cat, however, will have their eyes wide and unblinking, and their pupils will be dilated into an oval or circle, according to Purina.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Today inside Paris’s Palais Brongniart, guests including Kerry Washington, Milly Alcock, and Rita Ora filed into a futuristic oval room for Fendi’s spring 2023 couture show.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
In the dining room, the family’s original China collection — complete and fully intact — is set on a long, oval table.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2023
Noun
Last-lap wrecks taking out the leader and altering the race’s result may not be what some want to see, but that is life in a sport with 40 cars racing around an oval at high speeds, all with a ton of incentive to cross the finish line first.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
An anxious cat, however, will have their eyes wide and unblinking, and their pupils will be dilated into an oval or circle, according to Purina.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oval
Noun
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Be optimistic about your talents and celebrate milestones, and shift away from self-judgement toward embracing your self-worth. VIDEO QUIZ At least two of the eggs of a celebrity bald eagle couple in Big Bear Valley in California are showing signs of hatching.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Laura Avila doesn’t eat eggs herself but promised to whip up a batch of deviled eggs for her granddaughter’s birthday party over the weekend.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Seated across from each other at the elliptical mahogany table, Musk and Rubio exchanged sharp words as President Trump and his top officials looked on.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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The existence of annular and total solar eclipses is explained by the moon's slightly elliptical orbit, which means its apparent size waxes and wanes over the course of a month.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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The person generating the reflection in the next room must be located somewhere on that ellipse.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 May 2019
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Housed in an 18k yellow gold double ellipse case, the Extra Plat is a reimagining of a 1990 design.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The central loop has a similar crystal but this one dangles from the top giving it constant movement when worn.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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This may throw our daily commutes, communication, and communal activities for a loop.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Mar. 2025
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The only thing that could concentrate our eyes and minds, in this reverse panopticon of seventy thousand gazes, was the football itself, that precious prolate spheroid of dimpled cowhide, which had yet to be teed up or booted into play.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Be massive to achieve hydrostatic equilibrium (i.e., be a spheroid under the force of its own gravity) 3.—
John Loeffler,
Space.com,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Everyone was ready to go out there and have a high intensity, especially without the ball.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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More is needed than McConkey, as the Chargers are missing a deep threat for Justin Herbert to gun the ball to.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Around 700 million years ago, Earth was a frozen, white sphere, its rocky surface buried kilometers under ice.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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Yet for the most part, Congress as an institution has mostly remained silent as the executive branch invades its sphere of authority.—
David Lopez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The final course is presented in a ceramic white orb, which is deconstructed at the table with the ring hidden inside.—
Lisa Shames,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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Rocket’s kit makes this uniquely possible: His alt fire is a bouncing heal orb which is the sole source of his (very strong) healing.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Oval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oval. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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