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Recent Examples of satellites
There are just currently just 12,500 or so operational satellites of any kind in orbit, according to the European Space Agency — meaning that two out of every three functional spacecraft right now is a Starlink satellite.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
That allows Starlink's satellites to have lower latency and data time between user and the satellite, improving performance of things like streaming, online gaming and video calls.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
These were collected by China’s GECAM satellites and NASA’s Fermi satellite.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
One of the WorldView Legion satellites also captured imagery of China's ShiJian-26 satellite in June.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Since then, Burke County has added layers of redundancy by purchasing Starlink internet terminals that connect to satellites rather than towers, HAM radios and more satellite phones so emergency responders can keep talking when traditional systems fail.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
That allows Starlink's satellites to have lower latency and data time between user and the satellite, improving performance of things like streaming, online gaming and video calls.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
These were collected by China’s GECAM satellites and NASA’s Fermi satellite.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
One of the WorldView Legion satellites also captured imagery of China's ShiJian-26 satellite in June.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Since then, Burke County has added layers of redundancy by purchasing Starlink internet terminals that connect to satellites rather than towers, HAM radios and more satellite phones so emergency responders can keep talking when traditional systems fail.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satellites
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Rapidly spreading its toxic influence across the lands, Magatsu and its minions are a world-ending threat, and the early tutorial bit sees players square up against the baddie only to ultimately lose.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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What made Armani’s designs so appealing to Ovitz and his minions wasn’t just their confident power-suit cut.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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Integrated blue force tracking allows soldiers to pinpoint the exact positions of teammates, not just as dots on a map, but within buildings or terrain features.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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Local sheriffs and former Confederate soldiers were regularly among their ranks, and their actions helped lay the groundwork for the modern relationship between law enforcement, racial control, and political power in the South.—
Josiah Bates,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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Over eight episodes, the brothers find themselves at the mercy of Mancuso — a former family friend — and his vicious henchmen, and they are forced to confront the emotional scars of growing up with an alcoholic father, who had gambled away his own restaurant.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Sep. 2025
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At the end of the episode, tragedy strikes when Robbie’s latest robbery ends in one of his henchmen and all of the drug house’s attendants dying.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
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At the slightest provocation, Ye bullies, hectors, and screams at everyone from Paris fashion-show lackeys to the mother of his child.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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Its purpose is to maximize the president’s control over our lives, enrich his family, reward his lackeys and punish his critics.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The only character who seems entirely transparent is Frederik, who can’t hide his resentment of his second-class spousal status or his contempt for the sycophants and mediocrities who cling to his wife like barnacles.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Armstong was known to be kind to missionaries.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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The first overseas missionaries traveled to England in 1837.—
Brittany Romanello,
The Conversation,
10 Oct. 2025
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This agitprop is vomited out 24/7 by Democrat media apparatchiks who were also unerringly described by Orwell in his novel 1984.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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To watch Lipe-Smith’s Caroline cuddle in bed watching TV on her iPad, or bopping around to JoJo Siwa, or pensively finishing a Popsicle while sitting beside her grandmother at a museum, is to have the sheer malevolence of our current administration and its adherents thrown into sharp relief.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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But together a picture emerges of a long-standing movement eager to stop anyone who attacks a principle or personality its adherents hold dear.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Satellites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satellites. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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