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Recent Examples of starlike
When star jasmine blooms in late spring and early summer, a profusion of white, starlike flowers on its evergreen foliage perfumes the entire garden.
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Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
Mercury will be the fourth-brightest starlike object after Venus, Jupiter and Sirius.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
Mercury will be the fourth-brightest starlike object after Venus, Jupiter and Sirius.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for starlike
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By Friday, the first day of (astronomical) spring, temperatures will settle into the mid and upper 50s by the middle of the afternoon.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Researchers are excited about gravitational waves because these spacetime ripples constitute an entirely new way to study the universe, independent of the electromagnetic radiation (light) upon which most other astronomical observations rely.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Interference from Starlink and other satellites has already become frustratingly routine for astronomers, hampering science as celestial objects are obscured, and the problem is only going to get worse.—
Jonathan O'Callaghan,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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Kallat’s artistic practice encompasses painting, collage, photography, and installation, and explores themes of time, space, measurement, and nature, frequently juxtaposing the historic with the present, and the celestial with the mundane.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Many of the iconic works from this time broke precedent by portraying morally ambiguous superheroes who weren’t pure or star-spangled.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
21 July 2022
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Energy from this astrophysical engine sets the surrounding ejected gas aglow, souping up the supernova’s luminosity and longevity.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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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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If frozen molecules can survive within these dusty structures, they may later be released into the interstellar medium as the nebula disperses, contributing complex material to future generations of stars and planetary systems.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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Reflection nebulas are vast clouds of interstellar dust, that shine by scattering the blue light of nearby stars, according to NASA.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Starlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starlike. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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