crescent-shaped
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In the wholesale markets of Yiwu, the Chinese city known for supplying the world with inexpensive goods, buyers can find prayer rugs, Quran stands, modest clothing, Ramadan lanterns and crescent-shaped decorations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
For nearly two years, Al-Shubbak watched through ancient grey eyes as Tuti, the crescent-shaped island in the heart of the Sudanese capital she calls home, emptied of its inhabitants under a punishing paramilitary siege.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Rates fluctuate throughout the year, but in a recent search for dates in March, rooms at La Samanna, on the secluded, crescent-shaped beach of Baie Longue, could be found for around $1,640 and up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
Delamere's research shows that our solar system's largest planet has a magnetosphere consisting of largely closed magnetic field lines at its polar regions but including a crescent-shaped area of open field lines.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2024
The offices of the Administration Building looked out upon the crescent-shaped airfield.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
