elliptical

Published when its author was 28 years old, the slim, elliptical volume played a central role in Camus winning the Nobel Prize for literature at a time when that distinction still meant something.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

Some exoplanets follow highly elliptical orbits, meaning the amount of heat they receive from their star changes significantly over time.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2026

This elliptical approach is in part its strength, subtly illuminating how trying to move past one tragedy may bring a family to the precipice of another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Beyond the elliptical machines, the sweat-inducing yoga classes or weights, it’s the community that makes Everybody Gym strong.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

If the earth had been a flat disk, the shadow would have been elongated and elliptical, unless the eclipse always occurred at a time when the sun was directly under the center of the disk.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

"Our simulation reveals the intimate details of the formation of galaxies such as the transformation of spirals into ellipticals through galaxy mergers."

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2023

Both types of galaxies are also found in the Local Supercluster, but while the Supergalactic Plane is teeming with bright ellipticals, bright disk galaxies are conspicuously absent.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2023

These included Peloton bicycles and treadmills and iFit NordicTrack bicycles and ellipticals.

From Reuters ● Mar. 8, 2023

Treadmills and ellipticals feature calorie counts as prominently as they do distance “traveled.”

From Slate ● Jan. 1, 2023

Galactic collisions distort the shape of an originally spherical cluster and may also contribute to the genesis of spirals and irregulars from ellipticals.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan