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Recent Examples of starburst
If every video is a starburst of expression, an extended TikTok session is fireworks in your face for hours.
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Some galaxies have much higher rates of star formation, and are often referred to as starburst galaxies.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
This year's design, with its glowing starburst and playful skaters, shows how something sweet can also be meaningful.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Set the aperture to f/16, and small, bright points of light render as 14-point starbursts.
—PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Some galaxies have much higher rates of star formation, and are often referred to as starburst galaxies.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
This year's design, with its glowing starburst and playful skaters, shows how something sweet can also be meaningful.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Set the aperture to f/16, and small, bright points of light render as 14-point starbursts.
—PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starburst
Noun
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Fortunately for Sirianni, the halo (or horns) effect is not permanent.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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These halos are key to the formation of stars, which are created as gas is pulled into the halos.—
Rosie McCall,
Discover Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The dial is ebony-black sunburst, like the original.—
Carol Besler,
Robb Report,
18 Dec. 2024
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The massive structure was built with Indiana limestone and granite, and adorned with flourishes in the form of sunbursts and lightning bolts.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Initially, scientists believed these features might be flows of salty water or brine, which remained liquid long enough to travel down the aureole.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
20 May 2025
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Jacob knew from photographs the goblin face, the aureole of whitening hair.—
Lan Samantha Chang,
Harper's Magazine,
14 Aug. 2023
Noun
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The mission measures the corona and solar wind in three dimensions by studying the polarization of light, which is the direction light travels after it has been scattered by particles.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
15 May 2025
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Solar winds from the sun’s corona are set to light up the skies this week.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Starburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starburst. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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