Thesaurus results for STAR-SPANGLED

star-spangled

adjective

Definition of star-spangled

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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. — Hazlitt, 21 July 2022

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Adjective

When star jasmine blooms in late spring and early summer, a profusion of white, starlike flowers on its evergreen foliage perfumes the entire garden.

— Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
Mercury will be the fourth-brightest starlike object after Venus, Jupiter and Sirius.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025

Definition of starlike

Adjective

Right now, speaking to friends and family in Iran, yes, prices are astronomical, but there are no serious shortages.

— Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
However, the proposal does recommend that the maximum difference between atomic and astronomical time should not exceed 3,600 seconds or one hour.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of astronomical

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Heavily promoted as the most anticipated celestial event of the second half of the 20th century, the comet proved to be an underwhelming sight that belied promises of a spectacle never to be seen again.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
The Draconids are also referred to as the Giacobinids in honor of that comet’s discoverer, Michel Giacobini, who spotted the celestial object in 1900.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of celestial

Adjective

This revealed a 100 light-year-wide bubble where the jet strikes interstellar gas and dust.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
There is no scientific law against the idea, but nor is there any reason interstellar travel must be impossible.

— Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of interstellar

Adjective

Together, these two observations confirmed the origin of an astrophysical neutrino.

— Doug Cowen, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Once a year for the next three years, his team will be able to focus JWST onto the faraway astrophysical source of some especially ancient FRB, seeking to break the cosmic distance record yet again.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of astrophysical

Adjective

And so the experience can act as its own onboarding, with every sequence building toward the next one to slowly immerse — no pun intended —you in the sort of intergalactic confessional booth that is this show.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
For all the strife that Hal has caused John up to this point, even in his death the partners in intergalactic crime find their way back to one another again.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of intergalactic

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