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Recent Examples of starlike
Mercury will be the fourth-brightest starlike object after Venus, Jupiter and Sirius.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for starlike
Adjective
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To address this problem, Hint has worked to reframe astrology not as fortune-telling, but emotional pattern recognition supported by astronomical data and artificial intelligence (AI) personalization.—
Felysha Walker,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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There will be higher astronomical tides Sunday and Monday, so much of the coast could be vulnerable to at least minor coastal flooding and beach erosion.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This year’s celestial calendar is packed.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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Get to know the person and then ask celestial questions.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 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
Adjective
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Our great hope is that today's indirect, astrophysical evidence will someday lead to successful direct detection.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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But what if there's an astrophysical creature that refuses to play by the rules?—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Meanwhile, 146 robotic exploration missions have gone to the Moon and another 154 have gone far beyond, with five missions heading out to interstellar space, never to return.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
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Created by puppeteer Tom Lee in collaboration with the modern classical music group Eighth Blackbird, the production tells the tale of the Golden Record, an interstellar time capsule launched in 1977 in Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft.—
Susana Hills,
AJC.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Starlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starlike. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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