as in success
a person or thing that is successful
tragically, a shoulder injury cut short the pitching career of one of baseball's brightest supernovas
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Recent Examples of supernova
That means that this dataset of nearby supernovas is several times larger than previous similar samples.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Among the supernovas in the data will be other transient events such as variable stars and kilonovas, the violent collision between extreme dense stellar remnants called neutron stars.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Excitingly, this stellar explosion may be somewhat different from the supernovas that have occurred more recently in the local universe.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The effect is to make type-Ia supernovas look further away than expected and so appear to be moving faster.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Among the supernovas in the data will be other transient events such as variable stars and kilonovas, the violent collision between extreme dense stellar remnants called neutron stars.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Excitingly, this stellar explosion may be somewhat different from the supernovas that have occurred more recently in the local universe.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The effect is to make type-Ia supernovas look further away than expected and so appear to be moving faster.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supernova
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The Kansas chapter has done similar projects in the past with success, said executive director Denise Cyzman.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2025
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For Tui, who spent time in the United States playing in the Premier Rugby Sevens competition, such success hasn’t happened by chance.—
George Ramsay and Amanda Davies,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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Based on the blockbuster video game franchise of the same name developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation gaming consoles, The Last of Us had a stellar first season on HBO and Max in 2023 with the episodes averaging nearly 32 million viewers.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Jon Conahan of Athlon Sports recently predicted the Tigers would land a blockbuster trade for Los Angeles Dodgers top prospect Dalton Rushing because Rushing doesn't have a clear path to playing time in Los Angeles.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Trump's approval ratings take a hit: tariff turmoil causes economic anxiety Among the Pew's survey's other findings: By more than a two-to-one margin, Americans oppose rather than favor the U.S. taking over Greenland (53% vs. 23%) and Gaza (62% vs. 15%).—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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This may have also been coupled with wishful thinking among those who may have seen their portfolios take a major hit.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Other winners included Banter (XR Elevation Award), Biel/Bienne: Old Town (Splat of the Year), SuperSplat (Innovator of the Year), and Thomas Richter-Trummer (Developer of the Year).—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Two other cash prize winners were selected among the 32 CPH:FORUM projects pitched between March 25-27.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Supernova.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supernova. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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