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Recent Examples of star-spangled
Many of the iconic works from this time broke precedent by portraying morally ambiguous superheroes who weren’t pure or star-spangled.
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Hazlitt, 21 July 2022
Hazlitt, 21 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for star-spangled
Adjective
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When star jasmine blooms in late spring and early summer, a profusion of white, starlike flowers on its evergreen foliage perfumes the entire garden.—
Zoe Gowen,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2026
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Mercury will be the fourth-brightest starlike object after Venus, Jupiter and Sirius.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Mostly Mute Monday tells an astronomical story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Mar. 2026
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Given its plans to invest $600 billion in AI infrastructure over the next four years, the gulf between its revenues and comparatively astronomical expenses is set to continue to grow.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The look is similar to that vessel, too, but with celestial design flourishes.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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At its centre sat a deep porcelain tub, crowned by a celestial Bvlgari mosaic.—
Vicki Power,
TheWeek,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The enrichment of deuterium in 3I/ATLAS also tells us about the interstellar comet's origins.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Ryland then unwittingly finds himself on an interstellar mission that includes meeting the alien Rocky.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Sloshing out from the inaccessible hearts of collapsing stars and from the tumultuous spacetime churnings of merging black holes and neutron stars, gravitational waves provide deep, fundamental insights about these faraway astrophysical systems that are otherwise unavailable.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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This chemical information could then be used to constrain astrophysical models of the Wolf-Rayet scenario for the start of the solar system.—
James Dinneen,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Since that breakout moment, Weir has continued to use scientific questions to drive the plots of his work, like 2014’s Artemis, a space-heist story starring an intergalactic smuggler set entirely on the moon.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2026
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Yet Grace is the one who wakes up in space, and this story emerges nonlinearly, narrative flashbacks like bursts of memory ripping through his brain, discombobulated after a long intergalactic coma.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Star-spangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/star-spangled. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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