the stratosphere
noun
1
: the upper layer of the Earth's atmosphere that begins about 7 miles (11 kilometers) above the Earth's surface and ends about 30 miles (50 kilometers) above the Earth's surface
2
: a very high position, level, or amount
Tuition at many colleges has soared into the stratosphere.
His career is clearly headed for the stratosphere.
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Writing in the journal npj Wireless Technology, the trio proposes using airships, also commonly known as blimps, to lift quantum computers to the stratosphere.
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New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2025
Google spent 10 years trying to develop balloons that would hover in the stratosphere above remote rural areas and beam internet to residents but abandoned that project, called Loon, in 2021, concluding that it couldn't be made sustainable.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 24 Nov. 2025
The event's impact — a disruption of the polar vortex — may quickly propagate from the stratosphere into the troposphere, where weather happens, displacing Arctic air southward into Canada and the United States after Thanksgiving.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
During a sudden stratospheric warming event, one of these waves pushes north toward the pole and breaks in the stratosphere.
—Eric Fisher, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2025
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New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2025
Google spent 10 years trying to develop balloons that would hover in the stratosphere above remote rural areas and beam internet to residents but abandoned that project, called Loon, in 2021, concluding that it couldn't be made sustainable.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 24 Nov. 2025
The event's impact — a disruption of the polar vortex — may quickly propagate from the stratosphere into the troposphere, where weather happens, displacing Arctic air southward into Canada and the United States after Thanksgiving.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
During a sudden stratospheric warming event, one of these waves pushes north toward the pole and breaks in the stratosphere.
—Eric Fisher, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2025
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“The stratosphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20stratosphere. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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