Alcor
AmericanEtymology
Origin of Alcor
Perhaps < Arabic al-khawr the low ground
Example Sentences
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And a smaller quibble: movie also purports in an early scene to show the double star Mizar and Alcor, but the photograph on screen is not of them.
From Salon ● May 6, 2023
In 2009, Larry Johnson, a former employee of Alcor, alleged in a book that workers in the facility in Arizona had a few years earlier mutilated Ted Williams’ frozen head.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2021
Mizar is the second star from the outside, on the Big Dipper’s handle, and hiding behind it is its buddy Alcor.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2020
He has also signed up with cryogenics company Alcor to be deep-frozen at the time of his death in the hope that he too can be resurrected.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2017
Him: Light pollution makes naked eye stargazing suck here, but I can see all eight stars in the Big Dipper right now, if you include Alcor.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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