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crescent

Something shaped like a crescent, especially.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

Something shaped like a crescent, especially.

Sebastiani receives publicly the Sultan's thanks, and is decorated with the Order of the Crescent
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.

Sebastiani receives publicly the Sultan's thanks, and is decorated with the Order of the Crescent
Origin: From , from and (French croissant), from , present active participle of arise, thrive, from . See Old Armenian be born and bring forth, Ancient Greek girl and boy, Latin produce, create, bring forth and goddess of agriculture. . The pronunciation with is a comparatively recent innovation due to the influence of words such as pheasant and present. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(NZ) A crescent spanner.

Sebastiani receives publicly the Sultan's thanks, and is decorated with the Order of the Crescent
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  • “starting 11,500 years before present. The G2a branch expanded to Anatolia, the Caucasus and Europe, while G2b diffused from Iran across the Fertile Crescent and east to Pakistan. There has so far been ancient Y-DNA analysis from Early Neolithic Anatolia, Iran, Israel, 9/”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “大好き! 名作! would absolutely use on my Hroth reaper in lieu of the modded Crescent Rose she's got... if I ever played my Hrothgar reaper anyway this scythe rules, 13/10”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I did yoga 🧘🏻‍♀️ in then park yesterday in St. Petersburg FL at Crescent Lake Park and the weather was glorious! Not too humid and no mosquitoes! #lake #beautyofnature #trees #grass”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “when it dims, we see ruby, wielding crescent rose, looking simultaneously different and more herself than she's ever been. a fire burning behind her eyes.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “At that time humans would all have been hunter-gatherers, and in most cases living in small nomadic or semi-nomadic tribes. Members of haplogroup G2 appear to have been closely linked to the development of early agriculture in the Fertile Crescent part, 8/”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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