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Great Wall

British  

noun

  1. astronomy a vast sheet of many thousands of gravitationally associated galaxies detected in the universe

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Her mum made many hiking trips from Kilimanjaro and the Great Wall of China to the West Highland Way, often raising money for charity.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

BYD, Geely and Great Wall Motors are now among the biggest carmakers in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The group brought 17 girls from the Eastside and the San Gabriel Valley together at local community gardens and historic murals, like Judy Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Lion and dragon dancers perform on the Great Wall of China, in Badaling, to entertain visitors who have come to enjoy the illuminated monument during the Year of the Horse celebrations.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

“Well, come on, it’s kind of hard to take you seriously when you’re talking about the Great Wall of China and Egypt and stuff. Those are just big goofy dreams. They’re not real.”

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie

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