cloud cover

noun

: a mass of clouds
The moon was hidden behind a thick cloud cover.

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The front will increase cloud cover and dip temperatures for Sunday. Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025 The pattern continues Monday through Christmas Day, with near-constant cloud cover and high rain chances each day. Lauren Chapman, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025 In 2006, a pilot trying to land during low-cloud cover stalled out and crashed into trees, killing two people. Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025 With six months of dreary weather ahead, residents here adopt all kinds of coping tactics to survive the constant cloud cover and steady drizzle that often lasts through April. Amelia Arvesen, Outside, 16 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cloud cover

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“Cloud cover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloud%20cover. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.

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