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- noun Plural form of
eclipse . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
eclipse .
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Examples
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My usual method of viewing eclipses is to read about it next morning in the paper and then curse myself for forgetting.
Lunar Eclipse How To Guide...* ewe are here 2007
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USATODAY. com - Guerin eclipses stars to earn MVP award
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These events are called eclipses, or more precisely, transits and occultations.
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Federer's 15 major titles eclipses the mark he shared with Pete Sampras, who won his 14th Grand Slam trophy in his last match at the 2002 U.S.
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Federer's 15 major titles eclipses the mark he shared with Pete Sampras, who won his 14th Grand Slam trophy in his last match at the 2002 U.S.
The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines Stephen Wilson ASSOCIATED PRESS 2009
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"The Blind Side" eclipses "New Moon" at weekend box office with $20.4 million.
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For this reason Chinese astronomers labored mightily to make even rare events, such as eclipses, as predictable as sunrises.
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It follows from these claims that it is wrong to interpret events such as eclipses or natural disasters as omens sent by heaven.
Xunzi Robins, Dan 2007
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But the kind of eclipses that we cannot foresee are the midnight power shortages such as the one we had the other day.
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Exoplanets have been found via a “Doppler Wobble” (the most common technique, transits (aka eclipses), heat signatures (e.g., with Spitzer Space Telescope), and directly imaged (with the Keck, Subaru, and Hubble Space Telescopes).
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