constellation
Example Sentences
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It lies within the faint but imaginative constellation Monoceros, which represents a unicorn in star maps.
From Science Daily
One of the new discoveries is a planet known as HIP 54515 b, which orbits a star located 271 light-years away in the constellation Leo.
From Science Daily
Emerging from that “old constellation” of the European state system, Mr. Shalev argues, “the American Union presented itself . . . as a new constellation of star-states that was regulated, predictable, harmonious and sublime.”
The meteors appear to radiate from the constellation of Gemini, but looking slightly away from that point often provides a wider field of view.
From BBC
A rise in jobless claims, evidence of rising layoffs and a steady grind higher in the unemployment rate would be a “very uncomfortable constellation of events for the core of the committee,” Pingle said.
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