spheroid

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Recent Examples of spheroid The Quantum Solution Despite the planet’s relatively regular spheroid shape, the Earth’s gravitational pull is not uniform. IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2025 But when either snacking on regular bone-in rodents or a calcium-rich diet, snake cell crypts featured plenty of calcium, phosphorus, and iron spheroids. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 July 2025 The only thing that could concentrate our eyes and minds, in this reverse panopticon of seventy thousand gazes, was the football itself, that precious prolate spheroid of dimpled cowhide, which had yet to be teed up or booted into play. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 Be massive to achieve hydrostatic equilibrium (i.e., be a spheroid under the force of its own gravity) 3. John Loeffler, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spheroid
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Noun
  • An iconic style from the brand hailing from the fall 2016 runway, the Kiki has amassed a legion of celebrity fans who have embraced the silhouette’s defining platform, towering block heel and unique buckle design leaving oval cut outs.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
  • The grand walled Greco-Roman settlement is entered through 2nd-century Hadrian’s Arch and includes the Temple of Zeus, the Hippodrome, the Temple of Artemis and the Forum’s oval colonnade of 56 Corinthian columns.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • The parasite’s eggs, called oocysts, are shed in cat stool and can contaminate soil, water and food.
    Dr. Megan Yanny, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026
  • The resulting benefits supporting pregnancy care, fertility care, surrogacy, adoption, egg freezing and the like have gained in popularity and made significant impacts.
    Rachel Braun Scherl, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 1 May 2026
  • This resonance dramatically stretches the planet’s orbit, turning it into a long, narrow ellipse.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Clients hit a few balls in front of a launch monitor — a device that measures the physical data of a golf shot and club swing, and then feeds the findings in real time through an algorithm to generate club recommendations.
    Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 5 June 2026
  • Then, the ball flew out of Tua Tagovailoa’s hand.
    Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • No effort is made to explain how the alien sphere exerts its power, and the book’s core theme, in the end, is the limit of human understanding.
    Ian Mackenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
  • Reflecting on the early years of riding the rocket ship through the fashion sphere, von Furstenberg recalled traveling from state to state, visiting department store after department store, where the red carpet was rolled out upon her arrival.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • These baggy pull-on jeans channel Taylor Swift’s courtside look, complete with an elastic waistband, functional belt loops, and pockets on both the front and back.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
  • But a quick peek at the Trailforks app revealed this gem of a ride, an 8-mile loop climbing through grassland and chaparral, past a reservoir, over Conn Peak and back down Whiskey Ridge, with enough singletrack and elevation change to earn it.
    Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • On the other hand, LiPfe orbs don’t reproduce, and reproduction is one of the fundamental characteristics of life.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
  • However, the silvery orb won’t look noticeably smaller to the unaided human eye.
    Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 29 May 2026

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“Spheroid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spheroid. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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