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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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Mostly Mute Monday tells an astronomical story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
2 Mar. 2026
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One of the coolest astronomical sights is just a day away.—
Seth Jacobson,
wickedlocal.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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So far, 2026 has offered up some celestial spectacles, including a total lunar eclipse and a planetary parade.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
3 Mar. 2026
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Those who want to be assured of a good view of this shady little celestial drama should travel to the east to stay ahead of the clouds.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The shell, which creates a bubble around the Wolf-Rayet star, is tens of thousands of times denser than the surrounding interstellar medium.—
James Dinneen,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Mar. 2026
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Just three interstellar objects have ever been discovered passing through our solar system.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This chemical information could then be used to constrain astrophysical models of the Wolf-Rayet scenario for the start of the solar system.—
James Dinneen,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Mar. 2026
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Almost 400 such shots are deployed each year to test materials under stress and further our understanding of the physics of nuclear weapons testing and astrophysical phenomena like supernovas.—
Frances Stead Sellers,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But there are plenty of other entities in space, with the most common ones being galaxies, protogalaxies, dark molecular clouds of gas, and the ionized warm-hot intergalactic medium.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Mar. 2026
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As Green Lanterns, the two are intergalactic peacekeepers who wear emerald rings that give them the power to create green light constructs of any shape or size.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Star-spangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/star-spangled. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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