as in to circle
to travel completely around
the moon orbits the Earth
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Recent Examples of orbit
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
In orbit, there’s a need for something lighter, cleaner, and fully automated.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 June 2026
Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
All rode to orbit on Falcon 9 rockets.
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Mike Wall,
Space.com,
28 June 2026
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Noun
And a company that has worked with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the European Space Agency to deploy 30+ 30 Earth observation models and deliver hundreds of thousands of AI inferences in orbit just raised $11 million to scale even more.
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John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
In orbit, there’s a need for something lighter, cleaner, and fully automated.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 June 2026
Verb
Much of our social life, our ways of making and sharing a world, orbits the face.
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Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
All rode to orbit on Falcon 9 rockets.
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Mike Wall,
Space.com,
28 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orbit
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Many of the residents moving to One, Two and Three Lights, inside the downtown loop around the Power & Light District, are relocating from outside Kansas City — often more than 75%, according to developer Cordish’s data.
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This connection between measurement and personalized learning then becomes a kind of positive feedback loop, where each feeds into the other.
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The evening of the shoot, there was frequent hum of tourist helicopters circling the island, and a few party boats blasting music, which threatened to put a damper on the plans.
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Minutes later the pike was just under the surface, circling close to the boat.
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In this uncommon procedure, parties seek further review by all of the judges in a federal circuit.
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The crash — which occurred, ironically, at the same Barcelona circuit Hamilton won at two weeks ago — left him with a pretty serious neck injury.
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Whereas the sights and sounds of South End lean toward bar crowds and joggers traversing the Rail Trail, SouthPark is more about catching a whiff of Le Labo and seeing couples settle in at a corner table with glasses of Cabernet and small plates.
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Like Orton’s prior work, The Ground Above traverses some tricky emotional terrain.
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The makeup of the roster and the trajectory of the team could determine how the Kings view LaVine and his role in coach Doug Christie’s rotation.
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Two patients can look identical in an EHR—same diagnosis, same treatment, same outcome trajectory—and yet have completely different underlying biology.
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From there, Florida's history followed the path more familiar to Americans, eventually becoming the 27th state in 1845.
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Infosys chose that path, committing to retrain more than 250,000 staff instead of pursuing mass layoffs.
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The new proposal for the future of the global commercial shipping route was first reported by The New York Times, citing an Iranian official and four diplomats with knowledge of the matter.
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Reynolds was on her USPS route when the incident happened, Postal Inspector Jessica Adams told USA TODAY.
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“Orbit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orbit. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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