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Recent Examples of spheroid
In situ spheroid formation in distant submillimetre-bright galaxies NASA.
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Unlike previous bioprinting options that lack the necessary, spheroids better approximate cell densities seen in the human body.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
The disk’s material will most likely fall onto the embryonic moon from the radial (in-out) direction, sculpting the satellite into an egg or football shape—what’s called a prolate spheroid—with the long axis pointing toward the parent body.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
In general the studies kept the airway spheroids embedded and immobilized in a protein-rich gel called Matrigel.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Unlike previous bioprinting options that lack the necessary, spheroids better approximate cell densities seen in the human body.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
The disk’s material will most likely fall onto the embryonic moon from the radial (in-out) direction, sculpting the satellite into an egg or football shape—what’s called a prolate spheroid—with the long axis pointing toward the parent body.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
In general the studies kept the airway spheroids embedded and immobilized in a protein-rich gel called Matrigel.
—Philip Ball, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spheroid
Noun
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Holding his jeans up is a brown belt with a massive oval buckle.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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One of the 34 drivers on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval was NASCAR Cup Series points leader Kyle Larson.—
Bruce Martin,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The egg yolk is the powerhouse of nutrition in an egg.—
Kathi Valeii,
Verywell Health,
27 May 2025
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Use pasteurized eggs when any preparing dishes that call for uncooked eggs.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Since the Earth’s orbit is an ellipse and not a circle, the planet is about 1.7% closer to the Sun in early January compared with its annual average.—
Steven R. Fassnacht,
The Conversation,
17 Feb. 2025
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These integrals are rather difficult expressions that started off as parts of an attempt to measure the circumference of an ellipse.—
Richard Jensen,
Scientific American,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Fever had the ball in the final seconds in both of those contests.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
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The Wolves struggled shooting the ball and had 21 turnovers with Julius Randle scoring a team-high 24 points and Anthony Edwards adding 19.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Look at people wanting to industrialize the moon and have reusable rockets take us to Mars or WALL-E around you in every sphere of life.—
Lorick Jain,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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That is why blue states tend to have the most restrictive laws in nearly every other sphere of life.—
Peter Wolfgang,
National Review,
27 May 2025
Noun
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The NFTs can be accessed on a mobile device and users can watch them on a loop.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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Legendary Golf Writer Dan Jenkins nicknamed this three-hole stretch on Colonial the 'Horrible Horseshoe' for its immense difficulty and because its routing is shaped like a loop.—
Jack Milko,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The seven-piece Metamorphosis collection, which has a butterfly motif, includes an 18-karat yellow gold butterfly ring, at $1,100, and an 18-karat gold chain that is meant to be wrapped around a wearer’s finger and wrist, so its gold orb is displayed on the back of the hand.—
Felicia Craddock,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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The image reveals two pinpoint-like white stars near the center, with a blue orb slightly below and to the right.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Spheroid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spheroid. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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