sunburst

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Recent Examples of sunburst Speaking of lids, they’re crafted with Tupperware’s classic sunburst design and feature the brand’s signature instant seal lid to lock in freshness and prevent leaks and spills. Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2025 Or a spinny orange swirl of spaghetti pomodoro atop Porta’s Tommaso platter, which features sardines in a cerulean sunburst ($198)? Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025 Featuring a sunburst ombre dial in a range of hues, from silver white to charcoal gray, the face also includes Arabic numerals as a nod to the original 1917 dial. Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 14 Nov. 2025 The sunburst trout dish with heirloom tomatoes, Jimmy Nardello sweet peppers, and spices took us both straight back to the Mediterranean. Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sunburst
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunburst
Noun
  • Save for the dial’s starburst finish, tantalum is the one doing the talking here.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
  • The 20-piece set includes four plates, four bowls, and four containers with matching lids that feature the brand’s signature starburst design and instant seal to lock in freshness.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • At an event yesterday at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead—formerly the Homestake gold mine—project leaders and government supporters gathered to sign the first steel beam to be sent underground, beginning the construction of the facility’s detectors.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
  • With underground installation now underway, Fermilab’s next major target is delivering the first neutrino beam to DUNE by 2031.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.
    Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Microplastics in the atmosphere contribute to global warming by absorbing sunlight, Shindell said.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Look out for dishes like chop suey of langoustines—the tender langoustines come in a rich fish velouté topped with a halo of fluffy coriander and alfalfa foam—or green peas with baby scallops and green caviar.
    Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 7 May 2026
  • One compelling hypothesis is that dark matter particles in the dense central halo are interacting with and annihilating one another, releasing energy as gamma rays.
    Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • This was the moment Son Doong caught us in its grasp: sunbeams cascading 120 stories from a break in the ceiling, groundwater, above us, slipping through the light like rain — and rock reflecting what seemed like the only sound in the world.
    Nicole Young, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • At the American University of Beirut, your classmate could have four paws and a penchant for napping in sunbeams over taking lecture notes.
    Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 12 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Looking ahead to Saturday, the morning starts with some clouds, then there will be sunshine in the afternoon.
    Nelly Carreño, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • Consider sharing this with a mom or mother figure in your life because a little extra sunshine never hurts!
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Along with a video introduction from actor and filmmaker Alex Winter, there will be a Q&A afterward with Patric moderated by critic and scholar Travis Woods, who contributed a commentary track to a recent Australian Blu-ray release of the film.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
  • The jury was shown photos of Hall's X-rays during opening statements.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Citrus and farro, joining sun and earth?
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • The sun and moon appear almost the same size in our sky by pure coincidence.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026

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“Sunburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunburst. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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