in the shape of
idiom
1
: shaped like
a cookie in the shape of a heart
2
—used to indicate the type of thing that is being described, thought of, etc.
They offered help in the shape of a loan.
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Topline After a quiet 2025 for comets, skywatchers may soon get a very special naked-eye spectacle in the shape of Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6).
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The worst was yet to come, in the shape of the Baines note, a copy of which was forwarded to the Queen.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
And not even legislation, in the shape of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, could reverse their decline.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Peach also has a canine brother called Sammy, a rescue German shepherd mix, and a sister in the shape of Bug, a rescue cat.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The worst was yet to come, in the shape of the Baines note, a copy of which was forwarded to the Queen.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
And not even legislation, in the shape of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, could reverse their decline.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Peach also has a canine brother called Sammy, a rescue German shepherd mix, and a sister in the shape of Bug, a rescue cat.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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“In the shape of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20shape%20of. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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