as in elliptic
having the shape of an egg
the Oval Office in the White House
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Recent Examples of oval
Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
There are many more variables than on an oval.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
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
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Adjective
The edible butternuts are sweet and oily, oval-shaped and enclosed in a shell.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
There are many more variables than on an oval.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oval
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Morgenthaler’s version—amaretto and lemon, punched up with a pour of high-proof bourbon, and smoothed out with an egg white—utterly transforms the drink.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
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Simply melt the chocolate in the microwave; then whisk in sugar, flour, eggs, vanilla, and salt.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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The moon's orbit is elliptical, or egg-shaped, rather than a perfect circle around the Earth.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 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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Charged particles originating from the corona surge into the gap but are soon snared by two great magnetic loops—the Van Allen Radiation Belts—that usually keep them from Earth’s surface.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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That's how solar rain forms in loops that are suddenly heated, like during flares.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
27 Oct. 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
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Messi picked up the ball from his compatriot Rodrigo De Paul in midfield and burst toward the backpedaling Nashville back line before slipping the ball outside to Luis Suárez.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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He’s raved about Ballard and his work ethic/overall improvement since spring ball.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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The central sphere contains the cell’s endoplasm and nucleus, site of the greatest cellular activity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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As with a sphere, the surface area and body mass of sharks do indeed follow a two-thirds scaling law, the team found.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Oct. 2025
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These states’ extensive coastlines may explain part of the clustering, but the types of objects described—ranging from glowing orbs to submerged shapes that move at high speed—suggest something far more unusual.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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In one image, a flash appears in a mirror as a strange orb, reminding the viewer of the photographer’s presence.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Oval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oval. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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