as in elliptic
having the shape of an egg
the Oval Office in the White House
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Recent Examples of oval
Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
In the dining room, the family’s original China collection — complete and fully intact — is set on a long, oval table.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2023
Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The recent high-speed tests were conducted at Hyundai's Proving Grounds in California City, California, utilizing a 6.4-mile oval track.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Today inside Paris’s Palais Brongniart, guests including Kerry Washington, Milly Alcock, and Rita Ora filed into a futuristic oval room for Fendi’s spring 2023 couture show.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
In the dining room, the family’s original China collection — complete and fully intact — is set on a long, oval table.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2023
Noun
An auroral oval sits permanently over the Arctic and Antarctic circles at 66 degrees north and south, respectively.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The recent high-speed tests were conducted at Hyundai's Proving Grounds in California City, California, utilizing a 6.4-mile oval track.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oval
Noun
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The creamy, silky sauce made with eggs and Parmigiano-Reggiano blankets noodles, peas and prosciutto.—
Betty Hallock,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2025
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Once established, the tiny flies continue to mate, lay eggs, and hatch indoors.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The whirligig pace of Perry’s cutting, with its constant sense of avoidance, actually represents something of a departure from the novel, which for all its elliptical qualities also refers constantly to Maria’s crying.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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Seated across from each other at the elliptical mahogany table, Musk and Rubio exchanged sharp words as President Trump and his top officials looked on.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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The person generating the reflection in the next room must be located somewhere on that ellipse.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 May 2019
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Housed in an 18k yellow gold double ellipse case, the Extra Plat is a reimagining of a 1990 design.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Out near the 10 freeway south of Phoenix, this much longer and faster loop formerly served as an IndyCar test track (including one day when Ayrton Senna reportedly drove there).—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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And for an administration that has premised itself on efficiency, a never-ending loop of funding bait and switch does not exactly make for minimizing waste.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The only thing that could concentrate our eyes and minds, in this reverse panopticon of seventy thousand gazes, was the football itself, that precious prolate spheroid of dimpled cowhide, which had yet to be teed up or booted into play.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Be massive to achieve hydrostatic equilibrium (i.e., be a spheroid under the force of its own gravity) 3.—
John Loeffler,
Space.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Williams has also mixed in a curve ball on 13.46% of his pitches, and a slider for 13.46% of his offerings.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Under the current labor agreement, players must earn a minimum of $26,200 in Low A ball and at least $19,800 in rookie-ball leagues.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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Note, this is a different part of the DC-verse, with The Penguin attached to Matt Reeves’ The Batman sphere, whereas Sgt.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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Building a housing business has nudged Thompson into spheres she's never occupied before.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
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Over several hours, Earth's shadow slowly crept across the lunar surface, turning our celestial neighbor into a deep, blood-red orb.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Lewis abandoned the idea to put clear orbs in the sockets early on, but debate about the eyes continued after Lithgow complained that the doll’s line of sight didn’t have a focus.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Oval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oval. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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