as in elliptical
having the shape of an egg
the Oval Office in the White House
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Recent Examples of oval
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
Oval Glass Doors That front door with an oval glass inset?
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Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
22 Feb. 2026
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
29 June 2026
Adult Japanese beetles have oval, dark metallic green bodies about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long, with coppery-brown wing covers.
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Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
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But his run to fourth in qualifying at Phoenix, the first oval race of the season, turned heads.
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Luke Smith,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
Oval Glass Doors That front door with an oval glass inset?
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Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
Kate’s engagement ring features a 12-carat oval Ceylon sapphire set within a cluster of 14 diamonds.
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Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
29 June 2026
Adult Japanese beetles have oval, dark metallic green bodies about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long, with coppery-brown wing covers.
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Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
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This test has now safely put the satellite in a stable Earth orbit of around 22,000 miles (35,800 km) from its delivery elliptical transfer orbit.
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Earth is Farthest from the Sun (July 6) July is the month when the Earth’s elliptical orbit carries it the farthest away from the sun.
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Female Mexican fruit flies lay thousands of eggs in their lifetime.
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Hens start laying between 18 and 22 weeks old and produce four to six eggs a week from productive breeds, with a noticeable dip in winter.
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In its heyday, Aqua flew around 438 miles (705 kilometers) above the surface of the Earth, moving from the North Pole to the South Pole in an ellipse 14 times a day, scanning the entire planet.
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That ellipse pattern can be seen across the door panels also, and, in another first for the marque, the graphic covers both the door panel face and the armrest area.
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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 new device is small and round—an oblate spheroid, technically.
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Insights from a trophoblast spheroid model.
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Unlike on New Year's Eve, the ball won't drop just once, but eight times for the first time ever to mark when the clock strikes midnight in each American time zone, according to the America250 website.
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Lasko’s teammate, Devin Taylor, was able to get up and field the rolling ball that split the two defenders, but Lasko stayed on the ground in what was a pretty ugly crash.
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More than 160 years earlier, Galileo's telescopic observations had revealed mountains, valleys, and craters on the lunar surface, overturning the ancient notion that heavenly bodies were perfect spheres.
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Tradition of separation The idea of separate spheres of spiritual and secular functions and authority was advanced by religious and secular thinkers to benefit both religion and the state.
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The items and blueprints for the items can be found in shops, claw machines, the flower basket crafting mission, the box of fortune, and the orb roll challenge.
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Another was a shining red orb of a hue the observer had never seen before.
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“Oval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oval. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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