star system
Example Sentences
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London would be more suited to either a percentage or flat fee system, the authors suggested, as Britain "lacks a statutory national 'star' system for hotels present in France and Italy".
From BBC
It was the first time astronomers had seen an interstellar object pass through our solar system — meaning something that originated in another star system.
From Salon
The closest is approximately 1,000 light-years away in the Gamma Velorum star system, which is visible from the Southern Hemisphere.
From Scientific American
Then its partner in a binary star system did the same.
From Scientific American
Unlike their frosty cousins that often linger in our star system’s cold outer reaches, asteroid belt, or main belt, comets stick to the warmer edge of the inner solar system.
From New York Times
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