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spherical

[sfer-i-kuhl, sfeer-] / ˈsfɛr ɪ kəl, ˈsfɪər- /


ADJECTIVE
stellar
Synonyms


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And while watching the film recently at Inglewood’s Cosm, home to an all-encompassing high-definition spherical screen, I half expected a letter to fall upon my lap.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Instead of looking directly for faint starlight, they searched for tight groupings of globular clusters, which are dense, spherical collections of stars that typically orbit galaxies.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2026

Other noteworthy pieces included dresses with spherical birdcage-inspired silhouettes, while other models wore transparent vest tops with their dresses gathered around their waists.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

It is impossible to draw a flat, rectangular map of the spherical Earth without distortions.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

The sun, in Anaximander’s view, was not a spherical body, but a world-girdling wheel of fire; the bright orb we see in the sky is just a hole through which we glimpse the conflagration beyond.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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