The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Her sentences end not in periods but in ellipses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024
Known by his colleagues as the “poet of iron,” Serra became world-renowned for his large-scale steel structures, such as monumental arcs, spirals and ellipses.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
In the simulations the researchers observed ellipses, triangles and squares.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2023
The opening draws you right in with its destabilizing jump cuts, controlled freneticism, narrative ellipses and oddball swerves — cut to a fog-wreathed discussion about insomnia — which creates an inviting ambiguity.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Eventually the detailed observations of the apparent motion of the planets forced him to abandon the idea of circular paths and to realize that planets travel in ellipses.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
