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Recent Examples of starburst
If every video is a starburst of expression, an extended TikTok session is fireworks in your face for hours.
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Some galaxies have much higher rates of star formation, and are often referred to as starburst galaxies.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
This year's design, with its glowing starburst and playful skaters, shows how something sweet can also be meaningful.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Set the aperture to f/16, and small, bright points of light render as 14-point starbursts.
—PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Some galaxies have much higher rates of star formation, and are often referred to as starburst galaxies.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
This year's design, with its glowing starburst and playful skaters, shows how something sweet can also be meaningful.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Set the aperture to f/16, and small, bright points of light render as 14-point starbursts.
—PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starburst
Noun
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Truth Social may be hoping for a halo from Newsmax, the conservative media company that went public Monday and saw its stock rise from $10 to $233 in two days.—
Ben Berkowitz,
Axios,
2 Apr. 2025
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The presence of extremely metal-rich stars in the halo, the ESA explains, suggests that Messier 104 may have merged with a massive galaxy many billions of years ago.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The massive structure was built with Indiana limestone and granite, and adorned with flourishes in the form of sunbursts and lightning bolts.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2025
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Think avocado greens, neon sunbursts and tattooed servers.—
Freda Moon,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Jacob knew from photographs the goblin face, the aureole of whitening hair.—
Lan Samantha Chang,
Harper's Magazine,
14 Aug. 2023
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Like his crossed legs, Cannon’s head and upper torso are framed in flickering swipes of green, as if this is a depiction of a holy man surrounded by an incandescent aureole.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Dec. 2022
Noun
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Solar winds from the sun’s corona are set to light up the skies this week.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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To do this, the satellites will make 3D observations of both the inner solar system and the corona to learn how its mass and energy become solar wind blowing outward in all directions.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Starburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starburst. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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