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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.
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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)
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—John Loeffler, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2025
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spheroid
Noun
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No outfit is complete without the right accessories, and Bieber pulled everything together with oval sunglasses with black frames just like this Quince pair.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
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The lid itself is shaped around an oval fit and is made from composite fiberglass with a multi-density EPS liner that helps absorb energy more effectively.—
Utkarsh Sood
June 07,
New Atlas,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Avoid storing eggs and milk in the refrigerator door, as the temperature in this area fluctuates the most.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
7 July 2025
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In ice cream, which typically only contains a handful of ingredients, like cream, sugar, and eggs, the vanilla becomes an important ingredient for helping keep the frozen treat from being bland, particularly in classic vanilla ice cream.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 July 2025
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This resonance dramatically stretches the planet’s orbit, turning it into a long, narrow ellipse.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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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
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The store is 8,000 square feet with plenty of options to choose from as far as merch goes, including jerseys, Funko Pops, soccer balls and more.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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After a South Africa giveaway near its own goal, the ball found Julian Quinones who drilled the first goal of the tournament.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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The pointy, 48-foot Art Deco fountain topped by a 6-foot aluminum sphere was erected in 1997 on an island at the intersection of Fifth and Pike streets to be a welcome marker for traffic entering Downtown.—
Jeff Suess,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Dec. 2025
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This behavior continued even for ice grains that expanded to sizes hundreds of times larger than the solid plastic spheres previously used.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Go around the entire base of your Christmas tree with tinsel strands before starting another loop; place your next row of tinsel strands high enough that their base hangs just above the rest of the tinsel on your tree.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Dec. 2025
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Built for durability, the D5 Series uses high-strength aluminum and closed-loop torque control, supporting stable load carrying up to 66 pounds (30 kilograms) for over two hours.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Dec. 2025
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Stars have also been embracing similarly trippy patterns and nail art, like Cardi B's recent combination of stripes and swirls, Dua Lipa's molten bubble orb manicure, and Vanessa Hudgens's moonstone mani.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
20 Nov. 2025
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The acrylic layers surrounding a glowing orb give big lava lamp energy with clean, modernist styling.—
Olivia Tarantino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Nov. 2025
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“Spheroid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spheroid. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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