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a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death
a belief that warriors felled in battle will be raised to the sky
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Recent Examples of skies
This week’s weather should be stable, with sunny skies, low wind and temperatures rising from the low 80s to nearly 90 by the weekend.
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
But clear skies facilitated exceptional observations.
—CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Milder temperatures — and clearer skies — prevail during late spring, October and November.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 27 Apr. 2026
Friday is expected to be sunny and breezy, with highs near 63, followed by partly cloudy skies Friday night.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
But since the Golden Pacific Powerlink is expected to use towers 150 to 200 feet tall to carry the power lines, Fordem expects the towers would meet Federal Aviation Administration requirements to have red lights atop them that would mar the desert’s night skies and increase light pollution.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Despite the gray skies and cold weather, the pregame ceremony was filled with warm nostalgia.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2026
The light chance of showers kicks back in Tuesday night as skies turn cloudy and remains into early Wednesday, forecasts show.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Atacama desert, Chile The dark skies above the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the Atacama Desert are among the clearest on Earth.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
But clear skies facilitated exceptional observations.
—CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Milder temperatures — and clearer skies — prevail during late spring, October and November.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 27 Apr. 2026
Friday is expected to be sunny and breezy, with highs near 63, followed by partly cloudy skies Friday night.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
But since the Golden Pacific Powerlink is expected to use towers 150 to 200 feet tall to carry the power lines, Fordem expects the towers would meet Federal Aviation Administration requirements to have red lights atop them that would mar the desert’s night skies and increase light pollution.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Despite the gray skies and cold weather, the pregame ceremony was filled with warm nostalgia.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2026
The light chance of showers kicks back in Tuesday night as skies turn cloudy and remains into early Wednesday, forecasts show.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Atacama desert, Chile The dark skies above the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the Atacama Desert are among the clearest on Earth.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skies
heavens
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Close by, Cassiopeia the Queen and Cepheus the King hang high in the northwest heavens in the early evening.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Skies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skies. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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