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runaway star

noun

, Astronomy.
  1. a star with an unusually high proper motion, believed to result from its ejection from a nearby binary system when its companion star underwent a supernova explosion.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of runaway star1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences

The star has a faster than normal rotational rate and is what's known as a runaway star, meaning that it is zooming along at 67,000 miles per hour, according to a report in Live Science.

The runaway star was spotted by an international team of astronomers led by Ting Li of the Carnegie Observatories.

The menu’s runaway star is the fried-bologna sandwich, featuring a house-made version of the deli meat slathered in dijonnaise.

The hesitance of any of the party’s factions to coalesce around a candidate so far heightens potential for an outside-the-box alternative like Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke to quickly become a runaway star, as Sanders did in 2016.

It is entirely fitting that one sand trap, small enough to be compared to a coffin, could command so much attention at Royal Troon, because the bunkers are the runaway star features of a golf course with few other unusually distinctive elements.

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