as in elliptic
having the shape of an egg
the Oval Office in the White House
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Recent Examples of oval
Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025
Nor is this IndyCar, which has a sprinkling of ovals on a calendar otherwise dominated by road racing.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 6 July 2025
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
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Adjective
While the outer portion of the earcups has an oval shape, a rectangular plate with rounded corners defines their outline.
—Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025
Nor is this IndyCar, which has a sprinkling of ovals on a calendar otherwise dominated by road racing.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 6 July 2025
Noun
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oval
Noun
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Tending to chickens means daily routines: feeding, watering, checking for eggs, and keeping the coop clean.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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An image of a wooden cane pokes up from the bottom to divide the painting while a floating constellation of deviled eggs looms above her head — a nod to menopause and losing her fertility.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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And that could be getting on the treadmill or the elliptical or lifting weights or going for a run.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
16 July 2025
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Sedna gets as close to the sun as about 76 au but as far away as 900 au on its elliptical orbit.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The moon orbits Earth in a slight ellipse, so a full moon can sometimes be slightly closer than usual — a supermoon.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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The ellipse enclosing these locations is called an error ellipse.—
Toshi Hirabayashi,
The Conversation,
25 June 2025
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Why brands are abandoning traditional PR The statistics don’t lie: Hybrid approaches create feedback loops between paid and earned media, driving continuous improvement in both areas.—
Ascend Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
24 July 2025
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Outfitted with steel cable loops, a waterproof PVC identification tag, and a bendable, flexible silicone body, these Ovener luggage tags were built for the long haul.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
24 July 2025
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But when either snacking on regular bone-in rodents or a calcium-rich diet, snake cell crypts featured plenty of calcium, phosphorus, and iron spheroids.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 July 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
Noun
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So, the point guard doesn't have to give up the ball and get it back.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Alyssa Thomas #25 of the Phoenix Mercury and Monique Billings #25 of the Golden State Valkyries both attempt to catch the ball during the second quarter at PHX Arena on May 11, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
Noun
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When pumped with enough energy, the sphere will emit the laser light on its own.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 July 2025
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Earth’s inner core is a roughly 1,500-mile-wide sphere made mostly of iron and nickel.—
Jake Parks,
Discover Magazine,
9 July 2025
Noun
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With 66 distinct incidents logged between January and late June, the state has had reports of an array of mysterious aerial objects, ranging from glowing orbs and silent triangles to fast-moving disks and shape-shifting lights.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
7 July 2025
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The orbs, Horton explained, are modeled after Japanese fishing net floats that can break free and bob and glisten in the water.—
Stacey Leasca,
AFAR Media,
1 July 2025
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“Oval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oval. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.
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