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Recent Examples of starburst
The search yielded 83 tiny, starburst galaxies, all vigorously forming stars when the universe was just 800 million years old, around 6% of its current age.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 19 June 2025
Atomic decor is notably defined by starburst and sputnik designs, metal finishes like chrome and gold, fun geometric shapes, and bold colors like mustard yellow, turquoise, cherry red, and avocado green.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
Others looked like starbursts, which paid tribute to the founder’s vision and while also appearing to pull inspiration from the headdresses of the 1,001 statues of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, from the Sanjusangendo temple in Eastern Kyoto.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
As the weeks progressed, the young man suffered from a litany of symptoms, including severe headaches, double vision, starbursts, ghosting, halos and other visual disturbances, his parents said.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 19 June 2025
Atomic decor is notably defined by starburst and sputnik designs, metal finishes like chrome and gold, fun geometric shapes, and bold colors like mustard yellow, turquoise, cherry red, and avocado green.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
Others looked like starbursts, which paid tribute to the founder’s vision and while also appearing to pull inspiration from the headdresses of the 1,001 statues of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, from the Sanjusangendo temple in Eastern Kyoto.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
As the weeks progressed, the young man suffered from a litany of symptoms, including severe headaches, double vision, starbursts, ghosting, halos and other visual disturbances, his parents said.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starburst
Noun
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Above her, the sweeping halo scoreboard glowed, flashing beneath the thump of blasting pop anthems.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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Ultramarine blues, goldfinch yellows, clouded whites; the colors don’t shout but shimmer like halos.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
2 July 2025
Noun
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The white or rose gold cases are paired with three colors – sunburst blue, brun désert, rouge sellier – reaffirming the timeless nature of the line with its characteristic asymmetrical lugs crafted in the Hermès Horloger workshops.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The model is a tribute to the original Fifty Fathoms dive watch—the company’s most recognizable timekeeper—and houses an automatic caliber 1315 movement with a 5-day power reserve topped off with a sunburst black dial.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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It is bordered by hummocky deposits, called aureoles, that were formed by landslides from the mountain.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
20 May 2025
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Initially, scientists believed these features might be flows of salty water or brine, which remained liquid long enough to travel down the aureole.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
20 May 2025
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Above the chromosphere, temperatures rapidly increase through a thin transition region, before reaching the solar corona.—
Ryan French,
Space.com,
22 July 2025
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Spacecraft studied solar chromosphere For the latest mission from White Sands, a Black Brant IX sounding rocket carried new technology to study the sun's mysterious chromosphere, located between the sun's visible surface, known as the photosphere, and its outer layer, the corona.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
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“Starburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starburst. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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