suns

plural of sun

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Recent Examples of suns TDEs are more common to supermassive black holes with masses of about 100,000 to 100 million suns, because supermassive black holes with masses over 1 billion solar masses tend to immediately swallow their stellar snacks. Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 July 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 Their results, published today in Nature Astronomy, show that the black hole’s jets move at about half the speed of light and carry about 10 percent of the total energy released by infalling matter—equivalent to the power output of 10,000 suns. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026 On the walls, some embossed with seashells, are moon carvings and brass suns, glossy lacquer minibars in baby blues and oxblood reds, and wonky puzzle piece doorknobs. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suns
Noun
  • Having no motor drive meant constant manual tracking, which rules out long-exposure astrophotography of nebulae or galaxies.
    Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Observations of supernovas suggest that the cosmic expansion is not slowing down—as would be expected if gravity were the only force acting between galaxies.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Shot on location in Alberta, Canada, the blooming grasslands, breathtaking sunrises, glistening rivers and immense mountaintops are characters in their own right, often pulling audiences in when the storyline itself is drastically lacking.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The difference can be dramatic, with evening daylight lasting later into the day while winter sunrises arrive much later.
    James Ward, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The Giants had past champs like Tom Coughlin, Eli Manning and Michael Strahan to sell Harbaugh on the glories of winning it all in New York.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • Here’s everything to know about where the stars’ careers took them after the film’s release.
    Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
  • In her press conference, Wilde also lauded her fallow stars of the film.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In September 2025, Kotb beamed from ear to ear on Haley Joy and Hope’s first days of third and first grade, respectively.
    Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
  • North of the border, in British Columbia, hundreds more homes were lost this week, and 15,000 people are currently under evacuation, with extreme fire weather conditions predicted to worsen in the coming days.
    John Vaillant, Time, 8 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
  • Zach Cregger, Lana Condor, Miguel, Alexandra Shipp and Jim Cummings will also receive accolades at the short film fest.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Seline, a 14- to 17-course epicurean adventure told through seasonal and regional ingredients, innovative techniques and showy plating that makes use of bones, antlers and bowls within bowls, has been racking up accolades in 2026.
    Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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