the stratosphere
noun
1
: the upper layer of the Earth's atmosphere that begins about 7 miles (11 kilometers) above the Earth's surface and ends about 30 miles (50 kilometers) above the Earth's surface
2
: a very high position, level, or amount
Tuition at many colleges has soared into the stratosphere.
His career is clearly headed for the stratosphere.
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The result: huge thunderstorms with powerful convective updrafts that propelled moist air high into the atmosphere — sometimes into the stratosphere in a phenomenon called overshooting cloud tops.
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Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2024
Thanks to the power of its leads, the film earned more than $360 million at the box office after its release in May of 1999, further launching Roberts and Grant into the stratosphere.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
In 2018, Invasion of Privacy shot Cardi from Instagram theatrics and reality-show shenanigans into the stratosphere.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
The heat is even more extreme when compared with the region’s coldest summers — the majority of which were influenced by volcanic eruptions that spewed heat-blocking sulfur into the stratosphere.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
The thousands of rocket launches needed to loft and maintain these space power stations would dump lots of soot, carbon dioxide, and other pollutants into the stratosphere, with uncertain climate impacts.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 May 2024
The ozone layer is a thin blanket in the stratosphere made of molecules with three oxygen atoms.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
Make Sunsets say the company has, in total, put less than 75 pounds of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere over the last year.
—Stephanie Ebbs, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2024
Now, deals related to name, image and likeness (NIL) can stretch into the stratosphere.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2024
Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2024
Thanks to the power of its leads, the film earned more than $360 million at the box office after its release in May of 1999, further launching Roberts and Grant into the stratosphere.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
In 2018, Invasion of Privacy shot Cardi from Instagram theatrics and reality-show shenanigans into the stratosphere.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
The heat is even more extreme when compared with the region’s coldest summers — the majority of which were influenced by volcanic eruptions that spewed heat-blocking sulfur into the stratosphere.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
The thousands of rocket launches needed to loft and maintain these space power stations would dump lots of soot, carbon dioxide, and other pollutants into the stratosphere, with uncertain climate impacts.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 May 2024
The ozone layer is a thin blanket in the stratosphere made of molecules with three oxygen atoms.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
Make Sunsets say the company has, in total, put less than 75 pounds of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere over the last year.
—Stephanie Ebbs, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2024
Now, deals related to name, image and likeness (NIL) can stretch into the stratosphere.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2024
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“The stratosphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20stratosphere. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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