How to Use telescope in a Sentence

telescope

1 of 2 noun
Definition of telescopenext
Synonyms for telescopenext
  • The rings of Saturn can be seen through a telescope.
  • The first telescopes were made of two pieces of rounded glass in a tube.
    — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Point the telescope away and the signal should disappear.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The gratings could collect the same amount of light as a 20-meter telescope.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 4 Feb. 2023
  • The Hubble telescope saw that the loaf is rising ever faster.
    — Quanta Magazine, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Then the audience will head outside to observe the night sky with telescopes or the naked eye.
    — Beacon-News Staff, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Kramer's intuition is right in that these spikes are caused by the construction of the telescope.
    — Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Anyone with their own telescope can bring it in, to get expert advice on how to use it.
    — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 July 2023
  • Right now, the comet can only be seen with binoculars or a telescope.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The telescope picked up on the signature of water molecules in one of the largest craters in the moon’s southern hemisphere in 2020.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The daughter’s room has a mystical bent, filled with art and a striking telescope.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • At the turn of the year, astronomers announced that the telescope’s golden, honeycombed eye had stolen glances of the universe’s first stars.
    — Quanta Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Do not look through the telescope or binoculars directly at the sun.
    — The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Since it was launched into space, images from the telescope have shown the scale and complexity of the cosmos.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2023
  • His backyard is like the back nine at Augusta National through the wrong end of a telescope.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Secure Your Filter Most solar filters made for telescopes fit tightly on the front of the tube.
    — Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Such devices can be as simple as a disk affixed to a telescope that precisely blocks out the sun.
    — Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Uranus will be difficult to see with the naked eye and will require binoculars or a telescope.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2023
  • But stars can be so much more than that, as telescopes, especially the very good ones, can reveal.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2023
  • That would let the satellite fleet use smaller cameras and telescopes, slashing costs.
    — William J. Broad, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • To either side images of the galaxy from the James Webb telescope act as background to pieces from the most recent collections.
    — Amy Verner, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023
  • But their appearance in pairs, 42 of which are seen by the Webb telescope in the Orion Nebula, is baffling.
    — Jonathan O’Callaghan, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • In the meantime, however, Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks has been putting on a show for those with powerful telescopes.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The telescope named for Edwin Hubble captures these cosmic pileups all the time.
    — Quanta Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The team will follow up with further observations from the Webb telescope, the US space agency added.
    — Ellen Francis, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The telescope even picked up on evidence of carbon dioxide.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Both studies highlighted what the VLT—which boasts four almost 30-foot-long telescopes—can do.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The Webb telescope found new features of the inner shell of the supernova remnant in April, according to the space agency.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 12 Dec. 2023
  • If a burst is detected, data from the outrigger dishes allow the telescope to zoom in and pin the FRB to its galaxy.
    — Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The hobbyists are more relaxed now and might move around, chat with friends or let newer astronomers look through their telescopes.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
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telescope

2 of 2 verb
  • The skeleton of The Shed and its telescoping shell are both in place.
    — Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Note the optical sight and radar next to the telescoping two-shot launcher.
    — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Mobile cranes, like the ones used on the hangar, generally use a telescoping arm and can move around the job site.
    — Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Imagine an eight-legged robot that can not only telescope its limbs, but choose when to use each of them.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The backpack’s two trolley straps can slide over the wheeled bag’s telescoping pull handle.
    — Judi Dash, latimes.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • At the far end of the dining room are three rooms available for private events, two of which share a wall that can telescope out of the way to form one larger room.
    — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
  • But because the frame is made from telescoping trekking pole technology, the whole thing weighs just 5.3 pounds.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The bag is easy to hoist above your head with a sturdy side-carry handle as well as a telescoping comfort-hold handle at the top.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The original four acts have been telescoped into two, with the help of projections that move the action swiftly from scene to scene.
    — The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
  • The red steel pillars of the station hurtled by, and then the grotty cavern walls of the tunnel, its bare light bulbs and heavy cables telescoping past.
    — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 2 July 2018
  • It’s hard to describe—hard to fathom, even—that a single image can telescope in on itself the way this painting does.
    — Duff McDonald, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2019
  • November has more to offer, with a pair of meteor showers and a chance to telescope your way to an ideal view of Uranus.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The new plane was so long Boeing had to come up with new, telescoping landing gear to keep the Max 10’s tail from hitting the runway during takeoff.
    — Dan Catchpole, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Thanks to its telescoping handle and large wheels, the hard-sided model is super easy to transport.
    — Betty Gold, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2017
  • The trucks, outfitted with telescoping arms that have giant metal claws, are designed to lift, load and haul 3,000-pound logs.
    — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2017
  • The wheeled bag has a telescoping pull handle; the roomy duffel’s external sleeve slides over the telescoping handle of any wheeled bag.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
  • The space agency, along with its counterparts in Europe and Canada, will launch the James Webb space telescope 25 years after it was first announced.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2021
  • To further help telescope the event, Inspire also hosted a bevy of vendors.
    — Cathy Applefeld Olson, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2019
  • The extra-long stretch hose and wands provide incredible reach and telescope back into the body of the vacuum for neat storage.
    — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 28 Aug. 2023
  • All one needs is a camera, tripod, star tracker and telescope to make astrophotographs.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Keep in mind, while some telescoping loppers have multiple steps, this pick has just two length options.
    — Jacquelene Amoquandoh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Use a small handheld mirror or a telescoping inspection mirror to check the jet holes under the toilet rim.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2023
  • And, even when it's stuffed to the brim, the suitcase's four, multidirectional wheels and telescoping handle will make lugging it around a breeze.
    — Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Their toothless mouths telescope out and vacuum up anything from worms to mussels.
    — Washington Post, 11 July 2019
  • High-level chess players think many steps ahead and can often telescope what their opponents will decide to do.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2020
  • But most of the celestial objects of interest to telescope observers are not that bright or may even be invisible to the unaided eye.
    — Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Located on top of Bourne’s Rock and a short distance from the town center, the home features a winding driveway that slopes upward to the front of the house, which looks like telescoping rectangles crowned by a bright red roof.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The telescoping aluminum handle and ball-bearing wheels really take the usability of this suitcase to the next level.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
  • But all of my former selves are telescoped inside of me, ready to be activated at any moment, sleeper cells of past trauma and repressed emotions.
    — Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The only telescope an amateur astronomer will ever need.
    — Cameron Johnson, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2020

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