Sputniks
[ (spoot-niks, sput-niks) ]
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A series of Soviet satellites launched in 1957 and in following years. These were the first artificial satellites.
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QUIZ YOURSELF ON “THEIR,” “THERE,” AND “THEY’RE”
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Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?
notes for Sputniks
The appearance of Sputnik stimulated a great deal of effort in the education of scientists and engineers in the United States. This period is now referred to as the post-Sputnik boom.
Words nearby Sputniks
spurtle, spur track, spur veins, spur wheel, sputnik, Sputniks, sputter, sputtering, sputum, Spuyten Duyvil Creek, spy
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Example sentences from the Web for Sputniks
I can almost remember the atomic bomb, and I sure as hell remember the sputniks.
This Crowded Earth|Robert BlochThis was the very thing that had led to such shocks as the launching of the early Sputniks.
Combat|Dallas McCord Reynolds