wormhole

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Recent Examples of wormhole Decades later, physicists rebranded this idea as a wormhole, imagining it as a tunnel between distant regions of space. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026 The wormhole concept is explained in the fifth season of Stranger Things when science teacher Scott Clarke — played by Randy Havens –– tries to get his class interested in it. Katia Riddle, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025 The Upside Down is not a mirror dimension, but actually a wormhole/bridge to a separate dystopian world, The Abyss, which breeds all the Demogorgons and Demodogs. Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2025 The sky is constantly overcast, streaked with red lightning, while the setting is forever frozen in the year 1983, on the day Eleven first opened the wormhole. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wormhole
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wormhole
Noun
  • The dress was cast in a shade chocolaty brown and featured a statement-making keyhole cutout on the bodice.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
  • Trump sees reality through a keyhole that shows him only what interests him.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • The only telltale signs of the electronics hidden in the temples are a single power button, a four-contact connector, pinhole microphones, and thin speaker grille slits.
    Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
  • After it was repaired in April 2025, remaining pinhole tears caused by embers from the fire meant the reservoir had to be drained again, Collins said.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Accessibility The hotel entrance is connected to accessible guest rooms via an accessible route with elevators.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2026
  • The atmosphere had changed—security kept an eye out for media to turn away at the entrance, and golfers clammed up when asked what was going on at the club.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Afterward, the garments are made locally by a single jacket maker, trouser maker and buttonhole-finisher—each is touched by just four individuals.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 20 May 2026
  • Other options Korbel had to decide: how many buttons on the suit’s jacket, which kind of buttons, whether to have a Milanese buttonhole on the suit’s lapel, color of the liner, shape and size of pocket flaps, side vent or not.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Attenborough communicated with the tribe using gestures, looked at their personal ornaments and enquired about the pegs in the ritual punctures in the nose of one of the men.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
  • In the case of a puncture, the rider will be warned immediately, which prevents further damage to the wheel and improves safety.
    Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • About an hour north of Portland, one such inlet is Boothbay Harbor.
    Amy Thomas, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
  • Engineers also added a new air inlet on top and blade antennas.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • All of it from the narrow knothole that is our point of view.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
  • In addition to the knothole described above, the company plans to consult a community advisory committee, whose members will sign a nondisclosure agreement.
    Steven Litt, cleveland, 4 July 2021
Noun
  • The Royals’ rotation was among the best in baseball for the first six weeks of the season, but Kansas City’s starting pitchers have hit a collective pothole.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
  • If someone is reporting a pothole in need of repair, the request goes right to the asphalt department.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026

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“Wormhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wormhole. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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