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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ovals
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Micro-feedback loops are far more effective than top-down messaging during rapid change.—
Keith Ferrazzi,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026 -
The main changes occur on the upper, which swaps out the shoe’s usual ballistic nylon for a full-leather construction that extends to the lace loops, heel tabs and tongues.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Recipe information Mix 4 large eggs, 4 cups plus 2 Tbsp.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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The annual donation — a whopping 302,400 eggs total or 25,200 dozen eggs — was split up among the six, their donations based on their outreach.—
F. Amanda Tugade,
Des Moines Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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The indoor park will be turned into a football field for participating dogs to race for tennis balls.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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How to play the Powerball To play, select five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls, then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Even the baby's bedroom got a birthday makeover; a final slide included in a roundup of party photos shows silver balloons spelling out her name and more pink, orange and white orbs floating up to the ceiling.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
28 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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In 2015 researchers at New York University embedded hollow silicon carbide spheres in a magnesium alloy to create a metal matrix composite lighter than water.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
3 Feb. 2026
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These are gold NPs that clump together and form tiny spheres.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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But while gold was the highest-value good that attracted much of the attention, particularly from outside Africa, the routes also carried other items that were valued at the time, including glass beads, ceramics, and copper alloys.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The team also developed a proprietary nozzle that produces core-and-sheath beads.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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Dancers execute choreography with four to as many as 50 hoops, creating intricate designs such as animals and globes.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The sound globes rotated 340 degrees to project a cone of sound and could be tuned to re-create the environment in which the music was originally recorded—a concert hall, cathedral, nightclub, or opera house.—
Allison Marsh,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Ovals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ovals. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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