crescent
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Because the spacecraft is approaching from the night side of the planet, Mars will first appear as a thin crescent illuminated by only a narrow strip of sunlight.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
People living with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that are crescent shaped due to a gene mutation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
Think crescent dough wrapped around ribbons of honey ham and Swiss, each ball bathed in a poppy-seed-studded glaze of butter, Dijon, Worcestershire, and a hint of brown sugar, then baked until puffed, golden, and gleaming.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
It peaks on 14 December when the Moon is waning crescent.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
Far away, maybe ten miles or more, there was a great burning, but between it and the Riders lines of fire blazed in a vast crescent, at the nearest point less than a league distant.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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