SATELLITE Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

satellite

noun

Definition of satellite

as in camp follower

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Recent Examples of satellite The rescue effort had already been called off in August because of Link’s own troubles in orbit, but the company wanted the practice for future satellite-servicing missions. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 In Taiz, shelling killed a man and wounded another, according to the Houthis’ al-Masirah satellite news channel. — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026 Accompanied by some technology — radars, satellite phones and whatnot — and a volleyball replica of Wilson from Castaway, Tez spent weeks in the Pacific with pods of dolphins, friendly seagulls and his own thoughts. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026 In Tibet, at least 16 people were killed and 546 are missing, according to CGTN, China’s English-language satellite news channel. — Surendra Phuyal, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for satellite

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Republican politicians have been calling on Biden to curb inflation, but there isn’t much a president can really do except raise taxes, which of course the GOP and their Democratic camp follower Joe Manchin oppose.

— Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 27 July 2022
There’s the near-noirish play between dark and light captured by Tripe in an Indian temple or the Yvonne De Carlo expression (speaking of almost noirish) on the face of a camp follower in a Fenton Crimean War photograph.

— Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018

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Dondo Iorlamen, the international director of CAPRO, believes Africa is well-positioned to send missionaries because Christianity is growing stronger there.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
That historic exodus helped turn the Republic of Korea, as South Korea is formally known, into a stronghold of the Christian faith and one of the world’s biggest exporters of missionaries.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

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One of the senior henchmen of right-wing Christian politics saw this dangerous transformation unfolding from the inside.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
While Sanji and Chopper fight off various henchmen, Luffy battles Wapol and eventually beats him with Sanj’s help.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026

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And as Netanyahu’s coalitions hardened Schleien’s programs became edgier, skewering Netanyahu sycophants in the Likud Party, anti-élitist demagogues, cultic settlers, and rabbinic mandarins.

— Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
In an undersized team that already shares a worldview, the silicon sycophant doesn't catch the blind spot.

— Matt Poepsel, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of sycophant

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Breitbart has also published an article skewering Hamilton for suggesting that adherents of other religions might get to Heaven.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Its adherents believe that the relentless pursuit of maximizing individual freedom and rights has come at the cost of community, religion, and traditional norms.

— Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

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