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as in balls
a more or less round body or mass
this sphere that we live on is just a tiny speck in the universe
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as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
higher mathematics is a little outside my sphere
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as in galaxies
a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light
perhaps there is indeed life on planets circling spheres in galaxies far, far away
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Recent Examples of spheres
Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
The sisters' ensembles, which varied slightly from each other, were two-piece sets of crop tops and shorts or miniskirts with clusters of transparent spheres layered over nude fabric.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
The treatise, a ninth-century copy of Archimedes’ work on the volume of spheres, was lost during World War I.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026
For compact surfaces like spheres, researchers showed that the metric and mean curvature uniquely fix the surface.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Mar. 2026
Is her divided interest a loss to both spheres?
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026
All were active in Los Angeles — Williams, for instance, was a pivotal designer on the LAX Theme Building — and Smith interlaces decorative flourishes in varying styles that twist around one another to work up the Legacy Tower’s pointed spheres.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Their bold blooms pair beautifully with floral sprays, spikes, spheres, and spillers, while the leggy stems of climbing roses provide the perfect support for daintier vines.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
Genuine courtesy strengthens your reputation across all spheres.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2026
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But arranging spheres becomes significantly more complex in higher dimensions, which allow for more arrangements and symmetries.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
The sisters' ensembles, which varied slightly from each other, were two-piece sets of crop tops and shorts or miniskirts with clusters of transparent spheres layered over nude fabric.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
The treatise, a ninth-century copy of Archimedes’ work on the volume of spheres, was lost during World War I.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026
For compact surfaces like spheres, researchers showed that the metric and mean curvature uniquely fix the surface.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Mar. 2026
Is her divided interest a loss to both spheres?
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026
All were active in Los Angeles — Williams, for instance, was a pivotal designer on the LAX Theme Building — and Smith interlaces decorative flourishes in varying styles that twist around one another to work up the Legacy Tower’s pointed spheres.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Their bold blooms pair beautifully with floral sprays, spikes, spheres, and spillers, while the leggy stems of climbing roses provide the perfect support for daintier vines.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
Genuine courtesy strengthens your reputation across all spheres.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spheres
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Five of them will be white balls with numbers from 1 to 70.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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The cannonball joins over 250,000 artifacts found at the site, the expert added, which mostly include ceramic pieces, musket balls, adobe floor fragments and glass bottles.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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During heavy rainfall, there is a risk of flooding, especially in low-lying and flood-prone areas.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Whiteley Estate also harvests rainwater, which is reused in both guest bathrooms and public areas, and runs on an energy monitoring system that analyses the use of electricity, heating, water and gas to optimize how and when it’s used.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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There are billions of galaxies in the universe and each has billions of stars, so the likelihood life developed elsewhere is fairly high, according to University of Michigan Astronomy Professor Edwin Bergin, who teaches about looking for life elsewhere.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The European Space Agency telescope is designed to make a 3D map of the universe by looking at billions of galaxies up to 10 billion light years away across one third of the sky.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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Ray Suen rounds out the sound with string arrangements performed on violin and viola.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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Koch rounds out the crew as mission specialist.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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In a garden designed by Denler Hobart Gardens, beautiful boxwood cones and globes are paired to enhance a stone patio's charm.—
Lauren Dunec Hoang,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Mar. 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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There are 246 of them, drawn from the everyday realms of agriculture, land surveying, and taxation.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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China has long looked to counter the US dollar’s dominance in international commerce; that push is also extending to digital realms.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The high-profile dispute has, over the past year and a half, ensnared several other celebrities in Lively and Baldoni's orbit as the discovery process in their case exposed the stars' private communications.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Festivalgoers will be invited to celebrate the return of the series with a communal viewing under the stars.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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Many of the messages come from domains that look official but are not government domains.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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The breach comes not long after the Justice Department earlier this month seized four domains connected to the Handala group, as part of an ongoing effort to disrupt hacking and transnational repression schemes conducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Spheres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spheres. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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