disk

Example Sentences

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Last fall, he underwent disk replacement surgery in his lower back.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The 50-year-old, who has had a series of operations in the last two years, has been sidelined since having an operation in October to replace a disk in his back.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

“That advice has not aged well—it has the practical value of a floppy disk today,” wrote Gill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The galaxy itself has a fairly typical disk shape.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

The Phaistos disk anticipates humanity’s next efforts at printing, which similarly used cut type or blocks but applied them to paper with ink, not to clay without ink.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond