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- noun Plural form of
starscape .
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Examples
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Nevertheless, the screens swept me back into a familiar world: of dramatic, wind-carved hillsides terraced with fields of rice, alfalfa, and cannabis, and sectioned by poplar trees on raised banks; and of courtyarded compounds where, in the intense heat and dust of late spring in southern Afghanistan, people sleep on roofs under magnificent starscapes.
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Nevertheless, the screens swept me back into a familiar world: of dramatic, wind-carved hillsides terraced with fields of rice, alfalfa, and cannabis, and sectioned by poplar trees on raised banks; and of courtyarded compounds where, in the intense heat and dust of late spring in southern Afghanistan, people sleep on roofs under magnificent starscapes.
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Nevertheless, the screens swept me back into a familiar world: of dramatic, wind-carved hillsides terraced with fields of rice, alfalfa, and cannabis, and sectioned by poplar trees on raised banks; and of courtyarded compounds where, in the intense heat and dust of late spring in southern Afghanistan, people sleep on roofs under magnificent starscapes.
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Yes, we thrilled at those deserts full of road mutants, the starscapes of battling spaceships, the dragons and elves and their magic, but we didn't recognize those worlds.
Archive 2005-03-01 JackMangan 2005
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Yes, we thrilled at those deserts full of road mutants, the starscapes of battling spaceships, the dragons and elves and their magic, but we didn't recognize those worlds.
Cyberpunk JackMangan 2005
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There are other pleasures in "Revenge of the Sith" beyond this sudden growth of complexity: the lightsaber battles especially any involving Yoda; some breathtakingly gorgeous land- and starscapes on the various planets of the Republic; the John Williams score; watching Sidious/Palpatine, Vader, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Luke, Leia, and R2-D2 and C-3PO move into their assigned positions on the stage for Episode IV, feeling them click into place with what we already know will happen.
Sithing Ducks Cheryl 2005
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There are other pleasures in "Revenge of the Sith" beyond this sudden growth of complexity: the lightsaber battles especially any involving Yoda; some breathtakingly gorgeous land- and starscapes on the various planets of the Republic; the John Williams score; watching Sidious/Palpatine, Vader, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Luke, Leia, and R2-D2 and C-3PO move into their assigned positions on the stage for Episode IV, feeling them click into place with what we already know will happen.
Archive 2005-05-01 Cheryl 2005
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Decorating the walls were images of other starships, starscapes, and one captivating image of a molten pit spewing forth lava like a geyser.
Doors Into Chaos Robert Greenberger 2001
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Comparing the high-velocity and low-velocity starscapes gives clues to possible hazards ahead - spectral absortion lines or gravitational lensings, for instance.
Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998
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The furniture grew tentacles, and the walls opened up into pulsing starscapes.
The Black Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1994
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