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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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Costs are astronomical, rents and leases and construction costs and permits for grease traps.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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While the odds for winning any prize will improve from 1 in 24 to 1 in 23, the chances of winning the big prize will still be astronomical: going from 1 in 302,575,350 to 1 in 290,472,336.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Here’s celestial proof that spring has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps that’s why the International Astronomical Union, the official keeper of celestial names and definitions, doesn’t have a definition for what makes a moon.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Scientific American senior news reporter Meghan Bartels follows two beloved spacecraft, Voyagers 1 and 2, on their epic tour past the outer planets, across the edge of the sun’s influence (the heliosphere) and into interstellar space.—
Jeanna Bryner,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2025
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Then, in 2012 and 2018, respectively, each entered interstellar space, giving scientists the first-ever close-up observations of the cosmos beyond our solar system.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Earth gets an unlikely intergalactic representative in the first full trailer for the new Pixar movie Elio.—
Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
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The patch-wearing Elio has a blast getting lots of attention and making new friends, but then he gets pulled into helping navigate an intergalactic crisis.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Star-spangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/star-spangled. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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