firmament
noun
fir·ma·ment
ˈfər-mə-mənt 
1
: the vault or arch of the sky : heavens
Stars twinkled in the firmament.
2
obsolete
: basis
3
: the field or sphere of an interest or activity
the international fashion firmament
She's a rising star in the city's artistic firmament.
Examples of firmament in a Sentence
meteors flashing across the firmament
the stars in the firmament twinkled ever so brightly
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Still, even Glenn admitted that the tariff rollout had left some cracks in the firmament.
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Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
On the wide stage of the Vivian Beaumont, two of the Viewpoints, spatial relationship and shape, find particularly striking expression: As Floyd Collins begins, Landau arranges her ensemble in silhouette across an empty expanse of dirt floor, a soaring blank canvas of firmament behind them.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
High in the thin Alaskan air, where abundant oxygen had long abandoned such firmaments for lower altitude, five women knelt circled against the piercing cold.
—Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
High in the thin Alaskan air, where abundant oxygen had long abandoned such firmaments for lower altitude, five women knelt circled against the piercing cold.
—Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
On the wide stage of the Vivian Beaumont, two of the Viewpoints, spatial relationship and shape, find particularly striking expression: As Floyd Collins begins, Landau arranges her ensemble in silhouette across an empty expanse of dirt floor, a soaring blank canvas of firmament behind them.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
High in the thin Alaskan air, where abundant oxygen had long abandoned such firmaments for lower altitude, five women knelt circled against the piercing cold.
—Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
High in the thin Alaskan air, where abundant oxygen had long abandoned such firmaments for lower altitude, five women knelt circled against the piercing cold.
—Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Firmament.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firmament. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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firmament
noun
fir·ma·ment
ˈfər-mə-mənt
: the arch of the sky : heavens
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