as in elliptical
having the shape of an egg
the Oval Office in the White House
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Recent Examples of oval
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
13 Jan. 2026
Signature Oval Casserole For cooking tasks that require shallow sauteing, frying, or steaming, this oval casserole dish can handle roasts, whole fish, vegetables, and side dishes.
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Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Nov. 2025
Morgan Fargo,
Vogue,
22 June 2026
These scalloped oval sunglasses offer the same effect for a fraction of the price.
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Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
20 June 2026
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Adjective
The eight-piece set includes four mini cocottes, an oval casserole dish, a square baking dish, and a rectangular roasting pan with a lid.
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Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
13 Jan. 2026
Signature Oval Casserole For cooking tasks that require shallow sauteing, frying, or steaming, this oval casserole dish can handle roasts, whole fish, vegetables, and side dishes.
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Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Nov. 2025
Noun
Unlike more traditional pastels, modern iterations can actually be fun—especially when paired with square or squoval (square-oval) nail shapes or a sharp almond edge to offset their softness.
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Morgan Fargo,
Vogue,
22 June 2026
These scalloped oval sunglasses offer the same effect for a fraction of the price.
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Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
20 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oval
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The post-quantum algorithms replacing RSA and elliptic curve cryptography are based on problems that quantum computers have no advantage over classical computers in solving.
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The folk hero makes a few elliptical appearances, along with the bluesmen, scholars, and Tin Pan Alley tunesmiths who shaped his legend.
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Your dad yolks are egg-celent and always crack me up!
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To do so, look for insect droppings, casings, eggs, or the pests themselves.
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That ellipse pattern can be seen across the door panels also, and, in another first for the marque, the graphic covers both the door panel face and the armrest area.
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This resonance dramatically stretches the planet’s orbit, turning it into a long, narrow ellipse.
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Chains dangled from belt loops and wrists.
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The multichannel campaign included 15-second behind-the-scenes snippets on TikTok that garnered high loop rates, with high-impact posters greeting arriving jet setters at Heathrow’s baggage carousel.
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The new device is small and round—an oblate spheroid, technically.
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Insights from a trophoblast spheroid model.
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Evidence of that is starting forward Mikel Oyarzabal becoming the first player on record since the 1966 tournament to fail to touch the ball once in the first 30 minutes against the Blue Sharks, according to Opta Stats.
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Schwarber led off the Phillies’ huge inning with a solo homer off Mets starter Freddy Peralta, sending the ball 456 feet into the second deck in right field.
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People around Putin cannot afford to step outside their sphere of responsibility or encroach on someone else’s interests (with some exceptions in the military and security services).
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Glass, an undrafted rookie, has some appeal in the long-term developmental sphere, similar to Hecht and Samac.
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The items and blueprints for the items can be found in shops, claw machines, the flower basket crafting mission, the box of fortune, and the orb roll challenge.
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Another was a shining red orb of a hue the observer had never seen before.
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“Oval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oval. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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