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also astronomic
as in enormous
unusually large
a googol is an astronomical number, and the whimsical coinage of the name was intended to suggest that fact
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Recent Examples of astronomical
The parade of planets isn’t necessarily a rare astronomical event, said Gary Baker, president of the Peninsula Astronomical Society and chairperson at Foothill Observatory.
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Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
That’s not a lot relative to the state’s astronomical home prices — and homeowners would probably still save plenty of money in the long run from lower utility bills.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Notably, although an individual facility may comply with the 1 percent limit, the cumulative amount of light pollution in an astronomical area is permitted to reach a level of 10 percent.
—Katherine Helen Laliotis, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2025
The first tests, conducted about two decades ago, linked a range of possible topologies to signals that might have been spotted in astronomical data.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
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Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
That’s not a lot relative to the state’s astronomical home prices — and homeowners would probably still save plenty of money in the long run from lower utility bills.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Notably, although an individual facility may comply with the 1 percent limit, the cumulative amount of light pollution in an astronomical area is permitted to reach a level of 10 percent.
—Katherine Helen Laliotis, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2025
The first tests, conducted about two decades ago, linked a range of possible topologies to signals that might have been spotted in astronomical data.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for astronomical
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On her wedding day, meanwhile, Meghan wore one of Diana’s most eye-catching pieces: an enormous aquamarine cocktail ring, made by Asprey in the 1990s and gifted to the princess by her close friend Lucia Flecha de Lima.—
Clara Strunck,
Glamour,
11 Feb. 2025
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With the Egyptian and Syrian armies facing defeat, Saudi Arabia's King Faisal came under enormous public pressure, both at home and abroad, to do something for the Arab cause.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Barely a few days into his second term, President Trump has already sought to implement what has been deemed to be a harmful, racist, anti-immigrant agenda with executive actions that fly in the face of human rights and duplicate prior policies that resulted in immense violence and harm.—
Amy Fischer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
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This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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This typically occurs at plate boundaries, where two plates collide, with the denser plate—typically an oceanic plate—being forced downward into the mantle beneath the less dense plate.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Their specialized physiology enables them to exploit wind currents and oceanic conditions to an extraordinary degree.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Astronomical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/astronomical. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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