satellites

plural of satellite

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Recent Examples of satellites One of the WorldView Legion satellites also captured imagery of China's ShiJian-26 satellite in June. Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 Since then, Burke County has added layers of redundancy by purchasing Starlink internet terminals that connect to satellites rather than towers, HAM radios and more satellite phones so emergency responders can keep talking when traditional systems fail. Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025 That allows Starlink's satellites to have lower latency and data time between user and the satellite, improving performance of things like streaming, online gaming and video calls. Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satellites
Noun
  • What made Armani’s designs so appealing to Ovitz and his minions wasn’t just their confident power-suit cut.
    Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Vex can use that energy to empower herself, or channel it to conjure deadly minions that fight alongside her.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Nail polish is not allowed for male soldiers, and clear polish is accepted for female soldiers.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The company is also pushing out battlefield-ready tools designed for everyday use by soldiers.
    David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the end of the episode, tragedy strikes when Robbie’s latest robbery ends in one of his henchmen and all of the drug house’s attendants dying.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The citizens of Venezuela don't deserve to live under the tyrannical rule of Maduro or any of his henchmen!
    Dan Gooding Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its purpose is to maximize the president’s control over our lives, enrich his family, reward his lackeys and punish his critics.
    Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Matthew quickly schemes his way into Oliver’s orbit after that first performance, impressing and rankling the group of lackeys in his entourage at the same time.
    Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The story of two mismatched missionaries spreading the gospel won nine Tony Awards in 2011, including for best musical.
    Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Muslim traders and missionaries began traveling to Hausa lands in the twelfth century, and much of the society gradually converted to Islam.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After the Great Black Migration in the 1920s, our city was one of the centers of the Ku Klux Klan’s revival as the strongest populist movement of the decade, claiming 5 million adherents, with 50,000 in Chicago alone.
    Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • To adherents, Nakamoto is considered a hero who empowered individuals to take back control of money.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Domènec Sugrañes, one of Gaudí’s disciples, was named the site’s next architect.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Illustration by Newsweek Olivet University sits at the center of the legal troubles that have dogged Jang's disciples for the past decade.
    Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The first were Black blues guitar acolytes, including Buddy Guy and Albert King.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Ann and her acolytes journey to America to find more followers—a portion of the tale that feels more adrift but then finds its footing, largely thanks to another musical interlude.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Satellites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satellites. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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