as in balls
a more or less round body or mass
out of the countless celestial orbs twirling in space, the planet Earth remains the only one we can call home, so perhaps we should take care of it
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Recent Examples of orbs
There, thousands of translucent orbs smaller than peas bob in the water column below the fishing dock.
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Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Their crop tops and miniskirts were covered in plastic orbs, which were layered over nude fabric.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026
Still, those people who live in either of these two orbs will see prices go higher.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
The paved trail also includes an underpass that opens up to a cascade of glowing orbs, which will illuminate the path at night.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Even the baby's bedroom got a birthday makeover; a final slide included in a roundup of party photos shows silver balloons spelling out her name and more pink, orange and white orbs floating up to the ceiling.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
Instead of stacks of money or safety deposit boxes, there are cameras, lights and screens fastened together to create two giant orbs.
—ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
These states’ extensive coastlines may explain part of the clustering, but the types of objects described—ranging from glowing orbs to submerged shapes that move at high speed—suggest something far more unusual.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Sometimes performers and crew on tours will capture mysterious orbs and abnormalities in pictures.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Oct. 2025
Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Their crop tops and miniskirts were covered in plastic orbs, which were layered over nude fabric.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026
Still, those people who live in either of these two orbs will see prices go higher.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
The paved trail also includes an underpass that opens up to a cascade of glowing orbs, which will illuminate the path at night.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Even the baby's bedroom got a birthday makeover; a final slide included in a roundup of party photos shows silver balloons spelling out her name and more pink, orange and white orbs floating up to the ceiling.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
Instead of stacks of money or safety deposit boxes, there are cameras, lights and screens fastened together to create two giant orbs.
—ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
These states’ extensive coastlines may explain part of the clustering, but the types of objects described—ranging from glowing orbs to submerged shapes that move at high speed—suggest something far more unusual.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Sometimes performers and crew on tours will capture mysterious orbs and abnormalities in pictures.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orbs
Noun
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Five of them will be white balls with numbers from 1 to 70.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Cantanucci’s property line is 72 feet away, but her hearing is such that the sound of balls bouncing and people yelping jumped the hedgerows.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In a garden designed by Denler Hobart Gardens, beautiful boxwood cones and globes are paired to enhance a stone patio's charm.—
Lauren Dunec Hoang,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Mar. 2026
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Dancers execute choreography with four to as many as 50 hoops, creating intricate designs such as animals and globes.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But arranging spheres becomes significantly more complex in higher dimensions, which allow for more arrangements and symmetries.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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The sisters' ensembles, which varied slightly from each other, were two-piece sets of crop tops and shorts or miniskirts with clusters of transparent spheres layered over nude fabric.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Orbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orbs. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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