1
as in celestial
of or relating to the stars
the starry light of the firmament on a clear night
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as in romantic
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
had the starry idea the Western military forces would waltz in there and put an end to rivalries that have been raging for hundreds of years
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Recent Examples of starry
Members of their starry circle who have confirmed their RSVPs include Chiefs coach Andy Reid, Eras Tour opener Suki Waterhouse, and 49ers player George Kittle.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
27 June 2026
The play has had a series of very starry productions, with the last on Broadway in 2006, starring Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper.
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Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
The attack recorded 71 percent possession from the starry likes of Yamal, Pedri and Rodri.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Food and drink Fine dining is perhaps the biggest lure for One&One One Za’abeel, with a host of starry venues from leading chefs in The Link, including La Dame De Pic by Anne-Sophie Pic; DuangDy by Bo Songvisava and Dylan Jones of Bangkok’s Bo.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 June 2026
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
27 June 2026
The play has had a series of very starry productions, with the last on Broadway in 2006, starring Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper.
—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
The attack recorded 71 percent possession from the starry likes of Yamal, Pedri and Rodri.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Food and drink Fine dining is perhaps the biggest lure for One&One One Za’abeel, with a host of starry venues from leading chefs in The Link, including La Dame De Pic by Anne-Sophie Pic; DuangDy by Bo Songvisava and Dylan Jones of Bangkok’s Bo.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 June 2026
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Swift, on the other hand, can follow up in a matter of minutes, acting as NASA’s first responder in space when celestial objects flare with activity.
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Hipparcos was the first space mission devoted to precision astrometry, the accurate measurement of celestial positions and distances.
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Baldet didn’t arrive in hospitality with a romantic attachment to restaurants, but a model, a thesis and enough self-awareness to realise neither would survive contact with the floor unchanged.
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Prior to this, the two denied romantic interest both publicly and in private conversations.
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Morris, 24, is coming off a stellar start with the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators last Wednesday, throwing seven scoreless innings while allowing only four hits.
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For stellar-mass black holes, however, the process would take around 10⁶⁷ years—trillions upon trillions of times longer than the current age of the universe.
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Because large steel structures warp and expand under intense heat and magnetic forces, maintaining a tight seal between unjoined rings has previously been impractical.
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That restriction makes Europe impractical for the traditional four- to six-month snowbird lifestyle many retirees prefer.
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But these interstellar objects are thought to form in a similar way to the comets in our Solar System — being flung out during the violent formation of a new planet.
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Spotted in 2025, 3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar comet that astronomers have identified flying through our solar system, after 1I/ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov.
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On the outside the new face of the CLA is inflected with tri-star icons and glowing new tri-star headlights—a detail that denotes newer and fancier models—with a large Mercedes logo anchoring the grille.
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The Summer House star is reportedly leaving the Bravo show following the castwide fallout over her relationship with co-star West Wilson.
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“Starry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starry. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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