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Recent Examples of star-spangled
Many of the iconic works from this time broke precedent by portraying morally ambiguous superheroes who weren’t pure or star-spangled.
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Hazlitt, 21 July 2022
Hazlitt, 21 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for star-spangled
Adjective
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Mercury will be the fourth-brightest starlike object after Venus, Jupiter and Sirius.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This year, the first day of astronomical spring is Friday, March 20.—
Jordan Green,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
6 Jan. 2026
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Of course, removing yourself from the addictive algorithms that are driving astronomical user growth and ad revenues on other social platforms, does come with risk.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Another one of Orion’s celestial hallmarks is the bright star Betelgeuse in the upper left corner of the hunter.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
4 Jan. 2026
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Skywatchers will be able to start the new year off with a spectacular celestial sighting.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
2 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The trio makes the decision to make a break from the Greenland shelter and head south towards France and the location of the Clarke interstellar comet crater.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Ever since it was first spotted hurtling through the solar system, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has maintained that there’s a chance mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a technological object sent by an extraterrestrial civilization.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Both boson stars and Q-balls, which live under the more general heading of exotic astrophysical dark objects (EADOs), are difficult to detect.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
26 Dec. 2025
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The work also demonstrates how astrophysical objects, especially those in extreme environments, can reveal tiny violations of gravity’s foundational laws, such as the equivalence principle or the inverse-square law.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Joining the ranks of books like Yume Kitasei’s The Stardust Grail is Molly Tanzer’s novella, which follows a group of misfits trying to infiltrate the intergalactic Greenwood Museum.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2026
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The stakes are high, and there are the usual interpersonal fights to sort out amongst all the battles with intergalactic creatures.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Dec. 2025
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“Star-spangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/star-spangled. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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