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
  • The broad oval, gray-green leaves of sage can be used fresh or dried to be used to flavor your Thanksgiving stuffing or favorite soups and stews.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Omelets can be sweet or savory, flat or wrapped into an oval.
    Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Ordinary humans like Stephen’s selfish boss are depicted as giant walking eggs, while others are proportioned like bobble heads.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Dip seasoned chops in an egg wash (1 egg + 2 Tbsp.
    Wini Moranville, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • This resonance dramatically stretches the planet’s orbit, turning it into a long, narrow ellipse.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The double-ellipse frame now reveals the full architecture of the caliber DR002SR, while the watch preserves the classical proportions and architecture of the original.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Another day, as Mom loads the children into the car, Jeremy tosses a basketball against the house, again and again, his passive aggression registering through the ball’s unyielding thuds and his own frozen gaze.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Brandon Bye played a long, arcing ball-in to Velde at the back post for a centering header and Kelsy tapped the go-ahead goal into a wide-open net.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • While making some of the most recognizable pop songs in music history, Taylor Swift also became one of the most recognizable women in the celebrity sphere, a title that on many occasions has nearly cost her life.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Drones are increasingly used in every sphere of life today, from relief and rescue missions to battlefields.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Stunning photos taken by the crew were released on Tuesday, April 7, one day after their loop around the moon, showing spectacular views and a solar eclipse in space.
    Mark Osborne, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Apollo 13's unplanned lunar loop sent it 248,655 miles (400,171 kilometers) from Earth, farther than any humans had ever gone before.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Earth is so bright out there and the moon is just hanging in front of us, this black orb out in front of us.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The presence of anorthosite on the moon suggested that the entire orb was once a magma ocean, or completely molten.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026

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“Spheroid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spheroid. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

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