as in spherical
having every part of the surface the same distance from the center
the globular streetlights give the pedestrian mall a Gay Nineties look
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Recent Examples of globular
Clearly, a cameo in Bee Movie was enough to fill Sting’s lifetime allotment of a globular and otherworldly realm.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Entering the lobby, your eye is led from the sleek golden fireplace across the lavishly marbled floors sliced into vaguely astrological patterns to a pair of globular totemic sculptures by the Danish artist Nicholas Shurey.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
With that land submerged beneath an interior seaway, the predator roamed the waters in search of mollusks, turtles and other shelled creatures to crush with its globular teeth.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
Tiny projections stick out from the stalk, and the crooked tip has structures called a conical protuberance, a globular head and a rugged flap.
—Katie Cottingham, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Entering the lobby, your eye is led from the sleek golden fireplace across the lavishly marbled floors sliced into vaguely astrological patterns to a pair of globular totemic sculptures by the Danish artist Nicholas Shurey.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
With that land submerged beneath an interior seaway, the predator roamed the waters in search of mollusks, turtles and other shelled creatures to crush with its globular teeth.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
Tiny projections stick out from the stalk, and the crooked tip has structures called a conical protuberance, a globular head and a rugged flap.
—Katie Cottingham, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for globular
Adjective
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The snow-cone drink comes in a 16-ounce spherical cup and in mango, strawberry, watermelon and raspberry flavors.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2025
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The movie will have its spherical premiere on Aug. 28.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The polar vortex is a gigantic, circular area of cold air high up in the atmosphere that typically spins over the North Pole (as its name suggests).—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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The force of the suction pulls the skin into the cup, breaking small blood vessels under the skin (that’s what causes the circular marks).—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The result: This plug-in hybrid powertrain uses the same 2170 cylindrical cells in its battery pack as cars like the Mercedes AMG F1 W10 EQ Power+, albeit slightly more of them, as the road car has a capacity of 6.1 kWh (4.8 kWh net).—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
4 Feb. 2025
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Then it's cut into bars using long pieces of thread, and stacked in high cylindrical towers to dry for about three months.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Globular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/globular. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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