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Recent Examples of starburst
Add a gold starburst for a glowing touch in the grayest time of year.
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Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 17 Jan. 2026
And yes, the lids have the signature starburst design and instant seal, too.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
The gold circular medallion was shaped like a starburst and featured an abstract representation of the Kennedy Center building and was handmade by the same family for nearly five decades.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 7 Dec. 2025
The delicate tiara has eight detachable starburst shapes that double as brooches.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
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Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 17 Jan. 2026
And yes, the lids have the signature starburst design and instant seal, too.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
The gold circular medallion was shaped like a starburst and featured an abstract representation of the Kennedy Center building and was handmade by the same family for nearly five decades.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 7 Dec. 2025
The delicate tiara has eight detachable starburst shapes that double as brooches.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starburst
Noun
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Before that awkward post-flight encounter, Liu made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night, gifting host Jimmy Fallon a wig emulating her iconic halo hair.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
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This hunch was borne out when the astronomers found that, even though the globular clusters were languishing in an empty stretch of Perseus, they were surrounded by a halo of glowing matter — a telltale sign of a galaxy.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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His Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe features a steel case, a gray sunburst dial, and a steel bracelet—all of which perfectly matched his platinum silk-wool jacket.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
2 Mar. 2026
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The Eaton and Palisades fire diaspora has played out in a sunburst pattern of impromptu moves that likely will never be traced in full detail.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The stunning image was captured with Proba-2's SWAP instrument, which views the sun in extreme ultraviolet light, revealing details of the sun's corona — the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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During the darkness, the sun’s spectacular outer atmosphere, its corona, will appear to the naked eye in one of nature’s greatest sights.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Starburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starburst. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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