star system

NOUN

cosmos

Synonyms

STRONGEST

galaxy solar system

STRONG

creation macrocosm nature world

WEAK

macrocosmos megacosm

NOUN

galaxy

Synonyms

WEAK

Milky Way elliptical galaxy irregular galaxy island universe spiral galaxy star cluster

Example Sentences

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No star system, a fault of predecessors, will be employed.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Researchers continue to explore these questions, studying one star system at a time.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

And all those amazing Brazilian actors, most of them are not in the Brazilian star system of telenovelas.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

Meet the ‘hip’ star system HIP 67522, located 408 light years away from the Earth.

From Space Scoop • Jul. 17, 2025

Each star system is an island in space, quarantined from its neighbors by the light-years.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan