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Recent Examples of dome
Michael Snyder, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Though played in a dome, travel to and from the game could be affected.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
Swift is the first artist to perform in the Toronto Blue Jays dome for six shows on a single tour.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 15 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Faneuil lived just long enough to see his market completed: a squat, red-brick building, its ground floor dedicated to commerce with a public meeting hall upstairs and a golden dome on top.
—Michael Snyder, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Though played in a dome, travel to and from the game could be affected.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
The first issue was that continuous disks didn’t dome up high enough.
—Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
Swift is the first artist to perform in the Toronto Blue Jays dome for six shows on a single tour.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 15 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dome
Noun
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Delimitros said one of the truck’s side view mirrors struck her in the head, causing minor injuries.—
David Hernandez,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
19 July 2017
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Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.—
J. Harry Jones,
Ramona Sentinel,
19 July 2017
Verb
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This area is not wooded except for a brief segment that passes beneath an overhanging arch of branches and crosses a bridge over a stream.—
Daniel Bromfield,
The Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2025
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In January, 2016, David Cameron, the former Conservative Prime Minister, announced that the new structure would be built in Victoria Tower Gardens, a slender triangular park, overhung with forty-four plane trees, that follows the banks of the River Thames.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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For the next eight months, Isabella was in and out of the hospital and underwent two follow-up surgeries to clean out an infection around the surgical site and replace part of her skull with a titanium mesh plate.—
Liz McNeil,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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The surgery, called a pars plana vitrectomy with air tamponade, is commonly performed to fix retina tears or detachments by replacing part of the vitreous fluid inside the eye with air, thereby allowing the eye to maintain its shape in your skull after a portion has been removed.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Over the last three games alone, the free-throw disparity has bulged to 42 attempts and 33 makes.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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Extensive records of the restoration, filling two bulging binders, are included in the auction lot, along with all those concours trophies, the original driver’s manuals, and an original Miura tool kit.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
6 Jan. 2025
Verb
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While climate legislation is no longer rare, Switzerland’s approach stands out for its granularity and ambition.—
Phil De Luna,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Which of Allen’s plays stood out to the players inside the Bills locker room who see his on-field antics daily?—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Per Sony, One of Them Days is projected to make $12 million to $12.5 million in its opening Friday-Sunday frame and $14 million to $15 million for the four-day MLK holiday weekend.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Business Research Company, a market research firm, projects that the raw pet food market will nearly double in size from 2024 to 2028, expanding from $3.7 billion to $6.4 billion.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Trail Blazers’ lead ballooned to as large as 27 points in the second half.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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The immigration court backlog ballooned to more than three million cases at the end of 2024 fiscal year, according to the Congressional Research Service.—
Hamed Aleaziz,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Ratting on wildlife crime: Training African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2024
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And finally, the yogurt pouches for her oldest son’s breakfast.—
Tribune News Service,
The Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2024
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“Dome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dome. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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