oblate

Example Sentences

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But in 2017, the sisters become more concerned for their safety when George Carroll, a beloved oblate volunteer, died in a stabbing in Greenpoint, several miles away.

From Seattle Times

“I mean, it’s an oblate spheroid. It’s not a perfect sphere.”

From Scientific American

But no sight was as foreign as the sun’s oblate disk, which hugged the horizon, traveling not up or down but sideways.

From Scientific American

The city of Mission draws its name from the chapel, a former mission for oblate priests like Snipes.

From Los Angeles Times

Technically, the Earth is not round, but rather a bumpy oblate spheroid.

From Scientific American