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Recent Examples of dome
Michael Snyder, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Though played in a dome, travel to and from the game could be affected.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
Swift is the first artist to perform in the Toronto Blue Jays dome for six shows on a single tour.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 15 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Faneuil lived just long enough to see his market completed: a squat, red-brick building, its ground floor dedicated to commerce with a public meeting hall upstairs and a golden dome on top.
—Michael Snyder, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Though played in a dome, travel to and from the game could be affected.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
The first issue was that continuous disks didn’t dome up high enough.
—Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
Swift is the first artist to perform in the Toronto Blue Jays dome for six shows on a single tour.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 15 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dome
Noun
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Now, Maineri heads into year 12 with 18 pitchers on his roster, hoping that rising junior Caleb Gilbert and sophomore-to-be Zach Hess will emerge at the top of the pitching rotation.—
John Roach,
NOLA.com,
19 July 2017
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Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.—
J. Harry Jones,
Ramona Sentinel,
19 July 2017
Verb
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This area is not wooded except for a brief segment that passes beneath an overhanging arch of branches and crosses a bridge over a stream.—
Daniel Bromfield,
The Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2025
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In January, 2016, David Cameron, the former Conservative Prime Minister, announced that the new structure would be built in Victoria Tower Gardens, a slender triangular park, overhung with forty-four plane trees, that follows the banks of the River Thames.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
2 Jan. 2025
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For the next eight months, Isabella was in and out of the hospital and underwent two follow-up surgeries to clean out an infection around the surgical site and replace part of her skull with a titanium mesh plate.—
Liz McNeil,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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The surgery, called a pars plana vitrectomy with air tamponade, is commonly performed to fix retina tears or detachments by replacing part of the vitreous fluid inside the eye with air, thereby allowing the eye to maintain its shape in your skull after a portion has been removed.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Over the last three games alone, the free-throw disparity has bulged to 42 attempts and 33 makes.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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According to reports, The Dallas Mavericks (20-15) will be without guard Kyrie Irving for one to two weeks as the star point guard recovers from a bulging disk in his back.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Jan. 2025
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Alas, the music branch didn’t seem to care for the project’s progressive blend of pounding electronic soundscapes that stand out from the typical roster of orchestral scores and traditional instrumentation.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Which of Allen’s plays stood out to the players inside the Bills locker room who see his on-field antics daily?—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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They’re currently projected to land roughly $40 million underneath the first luxury tax threshold of $241 million.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
30 Jan. 2025
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Although the system is expecting a $9.3 million revenue increase, expenditures are projected to increase by $12.9 million, Chief Financial Officer Robert Burk said, creating a $3.6 million funding gap.—
Thomas Goodwin Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Trail Blazers’ lead ballooned to as large as 27 points in the second half.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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The immigration court backlog ballooned to more than three million cases at the end of 2024 fiscal year, according to the Congressional Research Service.—
Hamed Aleaziz,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Ratting on wildlife crime: Training African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2024
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And finally, the yogurt pouches for her oldest son’s breakfast.—
Tribune News Service,
The Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2024
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“Dome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dome. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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