variants
also astronomic
as in enormous
unusually large
a googol is an astronomical number, and the whimsical coinage of the name was intended to suggest that fact
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Recent Examples of astronomical
These artificial stars, moving across the sky in a quick succession, will mar astronomical observation but potentially also confuse migratory birds.
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Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Costs that go into all of this are absolutely astronomical.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
Astronomers train users to recognize patterns in faint, fuzzy patches of radio waves and analyze astronomical images, Hota explained.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Furthermore, the constellation brightness would drown out faint celestial objects and limit astronomical observations.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
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Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Costs that go into all of this are absolutely astronomical.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
Astronomers train users to recognize patterns in faint, fuzzy patches of radio waves and analyze astronomical images, Hota explained.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Furthermore, the constellation brightness would drown out faint celestial objects and limit astronomical observations.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for astronomical
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My love for Stevie Wonder is enormous, and a lot of that comes from Joni’s love for Stevie Wonder.—
Marissa R. Moss,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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That's an enormous gap, but what other team has a better claim as the league's 11th-best?—
Chase Goodbread,
The Tuscaloosa News,
22 Oct. 2025
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The coronal magnetic field is therefore constantly under immense strain, and when that strain becomes too great, its tangled magnetic field lines snap open.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The machines will run complex experiments that require an immense amount of data-crunching capacity, tackling problems ranging from nuclear power to cancer treatments, officials said Monday.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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At the time, little was known about the sneaker, including its oceanic inspiration.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
27 Oct. 2025
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In Argentina and Chile, the process primarily involves subduction, where the oceanic Nazca Plate moves beneath the continental South American Plate along the Peru–Chile Trench.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Astronomical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/astronomical. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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