suns

plural of sun

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Recent Examples of suns Such streamers are thought to be how stars grow, delivering mass onto nascent suns. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The prevalence of LRDs in the early universe would align with the emergence of supermassive black holes, each weighing millions to billions of suns apiece, which astronomers spy at the hearts of large galaxies. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026 His suns stare curiously from one side of a page spread to another and his stacks of hay worriedly study the horizon, while his one-eyed stools and one-eyed fenceposts pop up like eager cyclopses. Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026 Spoilers Ahead Kara is introduced as a reckless party animal, who spends her time seeking out planets orbiting red suns, to weaken her superpowered metabolism and become intoxicated. Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 Advertisement Kryptonite, the iconic weakness of Superman and Supergirl (along with red suns and, in some continuities, magic), was first created for the '40s radio serial The Adventures of Superman. James Grebey, Time, 26 June 2026 The results reveal jets carrying energy equal to around 10,000 suns while moving at nearly half the speed of light, offering one of the clearest views yet of how black holes pump energy back into the universe. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026 Along my walkway and all over my neighborhood, nasturtium flowers are opening like bright orange suns, fragrant lavender is attracting buzzing bees, and rosemary bushes are beginning to brighten with baby blue flowers. Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suns
Noun
  • It's thought that this third black hole, and quite possibly the second one too, found their way into J0148-4214 via mergers between galaxies.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Hubble revealed galaxies across billions of years of cosmic history.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Perhaps most exciting will be the possibility for spectacular sunrises and sunsets, as light from the sun bounces off the bottom of these elevated clouds in intense pink and orange colors.
    Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Later winter sunrises could make morning prayers more difficult, particularly in parts of the Midwest and Mountain West.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The privileged hillside location is well removed from the crowds, yet Florence and all its Renaissance glories is a mere 20-minute ride on the complimentary shuttle bus.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Both of them have erotic fixations with that original Miasma, which requires stepping back into the movie — and the glories of the disreputable genre itself.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The Michelin Guide has awarded stars to restaurants for 100 years.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Debuting in 3,330 North American theaters, Out of the Further stars Amelia Eve, Brandon Perea and Lin Shaye and centers on a young mother who can bring spirits back with her to the real world.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The plant, which has not been identified for security reasons, was forced to close for four days because of the infiltration, the report said.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • To learn how a memory that can last for years can sit on hardware that shifts every few days, Tanaka’s team made the shift a bit more dramatic.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Coco continued to draw applauses and laughs while talking about women showing up to church in high heels and lace.
    Dana Afana, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Morning dawns gray and dismal, but the rain has almost ended.
    Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Mensah has received numerous preseason accolades — he was voted the ACC’s preseason player of the year and is on multiple preseason watch lists for annual awards.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
  • His flagship restaurant in Oakland’s Temescal district, Burdell, has won a number of accolades – snagging first place in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Top 100 restaurants list for 2025 and also Food & Wine’s Restaurant of the Year for 2024.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Suns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suns. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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