elliptical

Example Sentences

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After making a dinner one night, the ring asked whether I’d been on the elliptical.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Some exoplanets follow highly elliptical orbits, meaning the amount of heat they receive from their star changes significantly over time.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

Beyond the elliptical machines, the sweat-inducing yoga classes or weights, it’s the community that makes Everybody Gym strong.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

Librettist Gene Scheer distilled Michael Chabon’s sprawling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book from 2000 into a straightforward, primary-colored plot, losing much of its magical, elliptical atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 23, 2025

Kepler found something different for elliptical orbits: As the planet moves along its orbit, it sweeps out a little wedge-shaped area within the ellipse.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan