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"globe" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often world (5 letters).
Definitions
a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented
Word origin
From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.
Used in a sentence
“the globe of a lamp”
“Already Cæſar Has ravaged more than half the Globe, and ſees Mankind grown thin by his deſtructive Sword: Should he go further, Numbers would be wanting To form new Battels, and ſupport his Crimes.”
“But whatever opinion or theory may be formed by any one, all agree that at some period or other this world has been destroyed by water, and that the proofs of this assertion are found in every part of the globe”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Round map of Earth”5 letters
02“Round world model”5 letters
03“Sphere or world map”5 letters
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