starburst

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Recent Examples of starburst Set the aperture to f/16, and small, bright points of light render as 14-point starbursts. PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025 The same diffraction effect that scatters light and reduces effective resolution causes small points of light to render as 14-point starbursts. PCMAG, 2 Dec. 2024 Fashion this topper from a dozen finial-style, shatterproof ornaments coated with matte-finish paint and arranged in a striking starburst formation. Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2024 Blooms often have a white starburst ring surrounding a dark central eye. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for starburst
Recent Examples of Synonyms for starburst
Noun
  • As if this wasn't odd enough, this distant galaxy is surrounded by a huge halo of gas.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The company enjoyed the halo of a first-mover advantage in generative AI through its investment and partnership with OpenAI, whose ChatGPT shortly after launching in 2022 went viral and sparked the current boom in artificial intelligence.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Housed in an 18-karat ethical yellow gold case measuring 40.5 mm, this timepiece has been paired with a forest green guilloché dial that features a sunburst pattern that radiates from the flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock.
    Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2025
  • It is paired with a sunburst hand-guilloché dial available in a deep blue or salmon pink hue.
    Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Jacob knew from photographs the goblin face, the aureole of whitening hair.
    Lan Samantha Chang, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Like his crossed legs, Cannon’s head and upper torso are framed in flickering swipes of green, as if this is a depiction of a holy man surrounded by an incandescent aureole.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
Noun
  • The sky darkens, stars come out as the blaze of the Sun's corona becomes visible.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
  • This latest flyby marks the spacecraft's 23rd close flyby and brings it deeper into the corona than ever before.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024

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“Starburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starburst. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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