as in world
a huge physical or conceptual distance
they're a galaxy apart when it comes to politics
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Recent Examples of galaxy
The images may help scientists discern how galaxies form and cluster over billions of years, and how the universe came to be.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
The depth and detail will enable astronomers to chart new planets, new asteroids, new galaxies and other, rarer objects.
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Miriam Waldvogel,
Washington Post,
30 June 2026
Scientists can draw on it to identify and study 100,000 exoplanets, hundreds of millions of galaxies, billions of stars, and rare objects and phenomena — including some that astronomers have never witnessed before.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
This rapid spin can drag spacetime around the black hole, a phenomenon known as frame dragging, and may also help power the enormous relativistic jets observed in active galaxies.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
The depth and detail will enable astronomers to chart new planets, new asteroids, new galaxies and other, rarer objects.
—
Miriam Waldvogel,
Washington Post,
30 June 2026
Scientists can draw on it to identify and study 100,000 exoplanets, hundreds of millions of galaxies, billions of stars, and rare objects and phenomena — including some that astronomers have never witnessed before.
—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
This rapid spin can drag spacetime around the black hole, a phenomenon known as frame dragging, and may also help power the enormous relativistic jets observed in active galaxies.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for galaxy
world
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The Castro family has been linked, through GAESA chiefly, to a lucrative world of hotels, banks, retail monopolies, foreign-currency businesses, foreign private compounds and offshore accounts.
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Hiltz finished seventh in the 1,500 meters at the 2024 Paris Olympics and fifth in the same race at the 2025 world championships in Tokyo.
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“Galaxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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