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as in heaven
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
Perched on a Chilean mountaintop, the telescope will point its eye at the southern sky for the next 10 years, taking hundreds of images per night.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
After several days at sea, Cristhian Flores, a thirty-two-year-old fisherman who was aboard the Fiorella for the first time, noticed something odd in the sky.
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Will Freeman,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
Final Cut Pro on Mac is also adding an Auto Mask tool, which isolates and refines video elements like skin, hair, sky, and clothing.
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Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2026
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
After several days at sea, Cristhian Flores, a thirty-two-year-old fisherman who was aboard the Fiorella for the first time, noticed something odd in the sky.
—
Will Freeman,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
Final Cut Pro on Mac is also adding an Auto Mask tool, which isolates and refines video elements like skin, hair, sky, and clothing.
—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.
—
Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sky
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Adding a little pop of electric blue instantly livens up what could otherwise be a boring outfit.
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State Auditor Rob Sand is running a competitive race to turn the governor’s mansion blue.
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The queen of pop swapped her Confessions II-era shiny golden doll-like curls for a high-to-the-heavens mullet.
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Oh, heavens to Betsy, not the chest hair!
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In the other direction, Satwa and Bur Dubai offer a taste of the old city, before all the bright lights and superlatives took over the skyline.
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Chicago is known for its imposing skyline, including the Park Millennium Condos, The Aqua, the Fairmont Hotel, Blue Cross Blue Sheild Building and Aon Center buildings.
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And then there are amateur collectors like me, who might not know ironstone from porcelain, but whose last day on earth could be spent touching old objects in ignorant bliss.
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That much was clear to the thousands and thousands of fans who packed the streets outside of Madison Square Garden and throughout the five boroughs on Saturday night, celebrating in glorious, delirious bliss after the Knicks won Game 5 of the NBA Finals, 94-90, in San Antonio.
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Indeed, when Orion disappears below the western horizon during spring evenings, the Scorpion is poking his head up in the southeast.
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Young Hurston Waldrep, his elbow now free of loose bodies, is likely on the near horizon, as well.
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The dust-ups might have driven the Honeywells away from their island paradise, more casualties of the lottery curse.
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Like other emerging beach destinations around the world, those surfers slowly spread the word to other folks about an under-the-radar Caribbean paradise.
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In that era, daytime television occupied a bigger space in the cultural firmament.
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What’s going on here is nothing less than a sort of nation building, laying the firmament for a new way of living and seeing the world.
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“Sky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sky. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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