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
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Grok isn’t designed to be just a floating consciousness in the ether.
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Making things is a little bit like plucking ideas from the ether, and wrangling them.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
And there’s one more Metronome film in the ether that Trevorrow is also on deck to make: his long-gestating take on the myth of Atlantis.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
Much of Bill Belichick’s menacing aura has evaporated into the ether, never to return.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 June 2025
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Making things is a little bit like plucking ideas from the ether, and wrangling them.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
And there’s one more Metronome film in the ether that Trevorrow is also on deck to make: his long-gestating take on the myth of Atlantis.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
Much of Bill Belichick’s menacing aura has evaporated into the ether, never to return.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for the ether
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“The ether.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20ether. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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