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Recent Examples of black holes
That is, however, an issue because the merger and feeding processes that allow black holes to reach masses of millions of billions of times that of the sun should take at least 1 billion years to reach fruition.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2026
These jets can help scientists better understand how black holes help shape galaxies and other cosmic structures through large-scale shocks and turbulence.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Hungry black holes are the hidden architects of the cosmos.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
These systems often involve black holes of unequal mass and display strong wobbling and irregular spin patterns.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2026
These jets can help scientists better understand how black holes help shape galaxies and other cosmic structures through large-scale shocks and turbulence.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Hungry black holes are the hidden architects of the cosmos.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
These systems often involve black holes of unequal mass and display strong wobbling and irregular spin patterns.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for black holes
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There are currently 217 republicans, 212 democrats, one independent and five vacancies in the House.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The goal is to have no vacancies at any of the Elevate schools.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2026
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But the lead genealogist on Joan Nathan’s case, Moriah Amit, found additional information and documents that filled in some blanks on the Bernheim family, and helped fit the family into that tragic part of German-Jewish history.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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Minted gold bars Minted gold bars are made from refined gold that’s rolled into thin strips, cut into blanks and stamped with a high-pressure press.—
Jessica Walrack,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The claim, remember, is that these cosmic voids are completely empty of normal matter, dark matter, and emit no detectable radiation of any kind.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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Schoen used void years sparingly early in his tenure, but the Giants are one of the few teams currently with no contracts containing voids.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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In sixteenth-century Italian pedante comedies, the Latin tutors—always the butt of the joke—are known more for the gaps in their knowledge than for their erudition.—
Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Policymakers, especially here in Tokyo, would be wise to accept more foreign workers to plug labor gaps, but that’s not a durable answer on its own.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Black holes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20holes. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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