up in the air

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Synonyms of up in the airnext
: not yet settled
a question that's still up in the air

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While the Yankees’ hitting staff remains up in the air, Cashman did say that first base/infield coach Dan Fiorito and third base/outfield coach Luis Rojas will be back. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026 Despite this, the timeline appears to be still up in the air for some. — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026 Gunn and Safran’s departure from DC leaves the future of a number of in-development projects — including a Batman movie that would exist separately from Pattinson’s films, as THR reported in January — up in the air. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2026 Inoue did an initial pass of the sound effect for the beam that allows Ghidorah to throw whole houses up in the air high enough for our favorite eternally tormented, former Kamikaze pilot Kôichi Skikishima (Ryûnosuke Kamiki) to fly past them. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for up in the air

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“Up in the air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20in%20the%20air. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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