globular
adjective
glob·u·lar
ˈglä-byə-lər 
sense 1b is also ˈglō-
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the globular streetlights give the pedestrian mall a Gay Nineties look
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Entering the lobby, your eye is led from the sleek golden fireplace across the lavishly marbled floors sliced into vaguely astrological patterns to a pair of globular totemic sculptures by the Danish artist Nicholas Shurey.
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Tiny projections stick out from the stalk, and the crooked tip has structures called a conical protuberance, a globular head and a rugged flap.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Entering the lobby, your eye is led from the sleek golden fireplace across the lavishly marbled floors sliced into vaguely astrological patterns to a pair of globular totemic sculptures by the Danish artist Nicholas Shurey.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
With that land submerged beneath an interior seaway, the predator roamed the waters in search of mollusks, turtles and other shelled creatures to crush with its globular teeth.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
Tiny projections stick out from the stalk, and the crooked tip has structures called a conical protuberance, a globular head and a rugged flap.
—Katie Cottingham, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Globular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/globular. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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