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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ovals
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It’s coordinated by local cells responding to each other through signals and feedback loops, making decisions where the information actually exists.—
Amy Eliza Wong,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026 -
The track has been under construction for months, and now loops across several levels of the backlot.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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Caviar is the mature eggs of sturgeon, and only sturgeon eggs qualify as caviar.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Mediterranean diet limits dairy (along with poultry and eggs) to one serving a day.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Five of them will be white balls numbered 1 to 69.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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How to play the Powerball To play, select five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls, then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
12 Feb. 2026
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The paved trail also includes an underpass that opens up to a cascade of glowing orbs, which will illuminate the path at night.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Even the baby's bedroom got a birthday makeover; a final slide included in a roundup of party photos shows silver balloons spelling out her name and more pink, orange and white orbs floating up to the ceiling.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
28 Nov. 2025
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Finally, two Olympic torches were lit two Olympic cauldrons, in Milan and Cortina, their flames at the center of shape-shifting spheres.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Across six permanent galleries—which appear to float above the lobby in concrete spheres—are 1,500 artifacts spanning 300,000 years of human history.—
John Arlidge,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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However, the belt section is also a treasure trove for designs made of shell, fabric, beads, or chain.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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Save your rosary beads — and your sanity — for whenever Sweden comes on the TV.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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Dancers execute choreography with four to as many as 50 hoops, creating intricate designs such as animals and globes.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The sound globes rotated 340 degrees to project a cone of sound and could be tuned to re-create the environment in which the music was originally recorded—a concert hall, cathedral, nightclub, or opera house.—
Allison Marsh,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Ovals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ovals. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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