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“The central space is simply a regular ellipse, and the walls that surround it are vertical,” he would later recall.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

The capsule’s drop area in Utah is an ellipse that measures 36 by 8.5 miles.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023

The sun doesn’t sit at the center of Earth’s ellipse but instead at one focus, a point along the long, or “major,” axis.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 30, 2023

The Lightguide bulbs come in three shapes — large globe, ellipse, and triangular — and are about 8 inches tall.

From The Verge ● Sep. 1, 2022

A parabola is simply an ellipse with one focus at infinity.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Hide location: To temporarily shield your location without notifying them, go to Find My > People, select a contact, tap the ellipses and choose Hide Location.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Known by his colleagues as the “poet of iron,” Serra became world-renowned for his large-scale steel structures, such as monumental arcs, spirals and ellipses.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

In the simulations the researchers observed ellipses, triangles and squares.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2023

“Everyone was aware of the ellipses that my mom left after ‘knew.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023

Eventually the detailed observations of the apparent motion of the planets forced him to abandon the idea of circular paths and to realize that planets travel in ellipses.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan