as in world
a huge physical or conceptual distance
they're a galaxy apart when it comes to politics
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Tracing it back to an individual star is likely impossible, given the mixing of myriad stars in their orbits around our galaxy across billions of years.
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Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 16 July 2025
The intense gravity and radiation found near the galaxy's core mean that stars can't form there.
—ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
Surprise: No Acting Love for ‘Andor’ Diego Luna, Adria Arjona and Genevieve O’Reilly felt like shoo-ins for their great work during this epic second season, but no one from this galaxy far, far away was celebrated.
—William Earl, Variety, 15 July 2025
The galaxy’s light gets distorted by the gravity of the dark matter, so the image of the galaxy becomes elongated, turning into a little arc.
—Jenna Ahart, Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2025
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Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 16 July 2025
The intense gravity and radiation found near the galaxy's core mean that stars can't form there.
—ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
Surprise: No Acting Love for ‘Andor’ Diego Luna, Adria Arjona and Genevieve O’Reilly felt like shoo-ins for their great work during this epic second season, but no one from this galaxy far, far away was celebrated.
—William Earl, Variety, 15 July 2025
The galaxy’s light gets distorted by the gravity of the dark matter, so the image of the galaxy becomes elongated, turning into a little arc.
—Jenna Ahart, Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for galaxy
world
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His biggest competitor in the category, Noah Lyles, has already qualified for the event as a reigning world champion.—
Paras J. Haji,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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In ahead of them both is American Andrea Lee, a former amateur world No. 1.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Galaxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxy. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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