the ether
noun
: the sky
The balloon disappeared into the ether.
plucked an answer out of the ether
—used especially when describing electronic signals that travel through the airbroadcasting radio signals into the ether
sent a message over/through the ether
Examples of the ether in a Sentence
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As if summoned from the ether, Penta El Zero Miedo suddenly appears.
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Hector Diaz, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
And you’re lost and alone in the universe, circling through the ether.
—Martin Scorsese, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2023
Halevi is historically knowledgeable, articulate, self-aware, and conscious of the different narratives in the ether.
—Hazlitt, 6 Mar. 2024
Chthonic instrumentals give way to eerie ballads incorporating chamber-pop and R&B, her voice rising from the ether like a spirit from a cursed cave.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Feb. 2024
The idea of therapeutically altering the DNA of a fetus in utero had been floating, opaquely, in the ether since the 1990s, shrouded by issues both technical and ethical in nature.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
And now, to hear Night Country boss Issa López tell it, those answers were out in the ether weeks before they were revealed onscreen.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
That the tongue disappeared into the ether, and then the ghost of Annie K comes with the women and leave it there.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
But until the full audience is ambulatory, nights such as Monday are cast to the ether of a six-month regular-season, one of 82.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
Hector Diaz, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
And you’re lost and alone in the universe, circling through the ether.
—Martin Scorsese, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2023
Halevi is historically knowledgeable, articulate, self-aware, and conscious of the different narratives in the ether.
—Hazlitt, 6 Mar. 2024
Chthonic instrumentals give way to eerie ballads incorporating chamber-pop and R&B, her voice rising from the ether like a spirit from a cursed cave.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Feb. 2024
The idea of therapeutically altering the DNA of a fetus in utero had been floating, opaquely, in the ether since the 1990s, shrouded by issues both technical and ethical in nature.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
And now, to hear Night Country boss Issa López tell it, those answers were out in the ether weeks before they were revealed onscreen.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
That the tongue disappeared into the ether, and then the ghost of Annie K comes with the women and leave it there.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
But until the full audience is ambulatory, nights such as Monday are cast to the ether of a six-month regular-season, one of 82.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
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“The ether.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20ether. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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