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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 sky
During a late-night safety test, the power plant’s Number 4 reactor exploded, tearing through the building and sending a column of radioactive material into the sky.
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Benjamin MacK-Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Any of them — mylar, latex, ‘biodegradable,’ sky lanterns.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
May's full moon, known as the Flower Moon, will soon light up the night sky.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
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Benjamin MacK-Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Any of them — mylar, latex, ‘biodegradable,’ sky lanterns.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
May's full moon, known as the Flower Moon, will soon light up the night sky.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sky
Noun
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His smiling eyes beneath dark winged eyebrows were an unusual sapphire blue.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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The past couple of Black Keys records have seen the Akron, Ohio, arena-garage blues-rock duo stretch out of their comfort zone a little.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Gaga and Doechii, a match made in fashion heaven, and two style students who clearly did their homework for this assignment.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
27 Apr. 2026
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Bourbon and pecan pie are a match made in heaven, but this pie takes that combination to a whole new level.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These days, his life in Thailand resembles domestic bliss.—
Harry Thorfinn-George,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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Most of the love stories that do make it to the big screen still generally follow broad, conventional strokes, capturing the bliss of coupling up or the blues of falling apart.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Dubai skyline, including the Burj Khalifa skyscraper, center, in the United Arab Emirates.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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Here, however, Swift would have to go without the New York skyline in the wedding photos.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But back in the 1950s, most Americans thought of Cuba as little more than a hedonistic paradise.—
Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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And now, with a myriad of buzzy new restaurants helmed by some of France’s top chefs and curious creatives from around the world eager to experiment with the territory’s rich ingredients, Biarritz is becoming an epicure’s paradise in its own right.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2026
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Set the scene The faint outline of distant mountains shapes a far-off horizon, where the spluttering of racing 4x4s belongs to another world.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
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Methane traps around 80 times as much heat as CO2 over a 20-year horizon, making the emissions from a buildout of this scale difficult to quantify but impossible to ignore.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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Taix’s history, and its spot in the city’s cultural firmament, cannot be denied.—
Sammy Loren,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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The throwback sitcom from Garry Marshall ran through 1984, solidifying Winkler's spot in the firmament of TV stardom.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Sky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sky. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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