as in elliptical
having the shape of an egg
the Oval Office in the White House
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Recent Examples of oval
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
The Kohler Sunstruck oval tub is standard in the primary bathroom if this layout is chosen.
—Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Remodeling the oval office New administrations change the design of the Oval Office over the years.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The breathtaking trilogy ring has an oval diamond of approximately 35 carats at the center, with oval stones of roughly one carat on either side, Tobias Kormind, managing director of European jeweler 77 Diamonds, tells Robb Report.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
The Kohler Sunstruck oval tub is standard in the primary bathroom if this layout is chosen.
—Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
Noun
Other nests were evenly spaced in a straight line, arranged in an oval shape with even spacing around the perimeter or following a distinct U-shape.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Remodeling the oval office New administrations change the design of the Oval Office over the years.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oval
Adjective
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Initially the orbit will be 120 hours and highly elliptical, but managers plan a second burn of the engines that will allow VERITAS to circle the planet in only 10 hours.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The director pieces the film together in elliptical fashion.—
Kambole Campbell,
IndieWire,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Sour cream dressing Tracing back to Central and Eastern Europe, sour cream dressing is thinned with lemon juice or vinegar, brightened with Dijon mustard and sometimes sweetened with sugar and paprika for dressings that shine on potato or egg salads.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Add eggs, flour, spices and salt; beat until thoroughly mixed.—
Molly Guthrey,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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Since the moon’s orbit around the Earth is not a perfect circle but rather an ellipse or oval, the moon’s distance from Earth can vary in its orbit, but not all that much.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
5 Oct. 2025
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There is also the matter of landing accuracy, typically described as a landing ellipse, or the elliptical area on a planetary surface that defines the range of possible touchdown spots for a spacecraft.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Upon entering the time loop, Tara cycles restlessly through phases and responses, trying to decide how to use the days.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Data is a loop, Seth explained.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025
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Across each lumpy dark-gray spheroid cuts an uneven line.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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After a week of exposure, the scientists separated the spheroids into individual cells to analyze gene expression and to measure fat accumulation.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Cherki is unique but plays with a blend of Samir Nasri’s swivel hips and Dimitri Payet’s ball striking.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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And to get to play these characters that are layered and complex and multidimensional is really fun — anything where there's a public and a private life, and a secret, and different elements at play, and having to keep different balls in the air is really fulfilling and fun.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The right-wing media sphere is often a sensitive subject.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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The interests of humanity are best served by cooperation, not a policy of antagonism that seeks to slice up the world into unhappy spheres of interest, dominated by modern-day colonial overlords.—
Gustavo Petro,
Time,
9 Nov. 2025
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But the silvery orb will be below the horizon at that time, so take the time to look outside during the evening hours for the best view.—
Gina Park,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Instead of stacks of money or safety deposit boxes, there are cameras, lights and screens fastened together to create two giant orbs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Oval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oval. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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