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globes

noun

plural of globe

as in balls

a more or less round body or mass the glassblower shaped the molten mass into a globe of remarkable thinness and clarity

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the celestial body on which we live New Year's celebrations around the globe

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Recent Examples of globes Seeing the world through old maps The Osher Map Library, at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, is home to half a million rare maps, globes and atlases, dating as far back as the 15th century. — David Morgan, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 In another Amsterdam photo, a pair of identical world globes, recalling Ghirri’s passion for cartography and atlases, rest on matching supports to conjure that oldest of surrealist tropes, a pair of staring eyes. — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Besides dusting, this includes wiping off the lightbulbs, removing any light globes to wash and dry them, and wiping dust from the fan’s motor and pull chain with a microfiber cloth. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 May 2026 The Ebern Designs Rhenn flush mount comes with three milky glass globes that give you plenty of light without blinding you. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026 Luke Evans paid tribute to Tom of Finland with his all-leather Palomo Spain look with jacket, trousers and globes in burgundy. — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026 There is Fedora, a city that preserves in glass globes models of the city that might have been, making enduring art of futures that were possible once but are possible no longer. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026 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 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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Noun

Repetitive motifs in various shapes were her trademark, resembling netting, swirls or worms, but most often dots, dancing proudly on her canvases or as sparkling balls or dots of light in her installations in all their vibrant, psychedelic glory.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Sure, both signal callers struggled with bad reads, yet a few dropped balls and mental mistakes yielded a total of just 37 offensive plays.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

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Roman will investigate dark energy, map dark matter, and conduct the largest exoplanet census, discovering around 100,000 exoplanets, including rogue planets.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
But Roman’s sensitivity is such that the telescope is likely to bag even planets as small as the moon.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of planets

Noun

In 1966, during the 33rd Venice Biennale, Kusama staged Narcissus Garden without an official invitation, installing 1,500 reflective silver spheres on a lawn outside the exhibition grounds.

— Tessa Solomon for ARTnews, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
This separating of spheres feels particularly crucial given the embarrassment surrounding NFTs that still lingers among many art professionals.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of spheres

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For the next 90 days, NASA teams will ready the Roman telescope for its five-year mission to study enigmatic phenomena like dark matter while hunting for habitable worlds beyond our solar system.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Observations with Roman’s coronagraph could unveil Jupiter-like planets around nearby stars and will guide the development of NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, which will target smaller, more Earth-like worlds.

— Lee Billings, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of worlds

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Considering that her designs—from the quirky and unmistakable totem collars to magic floating orbs and funky-fine rings—look like nothing else and immediately spark joy, Ashley Moubayed is keeping disco very much alive.

— Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026
Onigiri Time is a tiny street cart in Pasadena that sells giant orbs of onigiri.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of orbs

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And the movie’s also a super-teaming of the whole Spider-Man concept, clashing infinite earths of Spider-People together into a banter-y arachnoid squad.

— Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Aug. 2026
China imposed export restrictions on 10 US companies, including two rare-earths firms backed by Washington, marking the latest escalation in recent Sino-American trade tensions.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 22 June 2026

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