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Recent Examples of heavens
The queen of pop swapped her Confessions II-era shiny golden doll-like curls for a high-to-the-heavens mullet.
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Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
22 June 2026
Oh, heavens to Betsy, not the chest hair!
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Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2026
Yes, the summer festival season is here (thank heavens).
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Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.
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Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Close by, Cassiopeia the Queen and Cepheus the King hang high in the northwest heavens in the early evening.
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Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
Dora comes every Friday and makes sure of that, thank heavens.
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Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
The Spirit Resonance is a gift of heavens, a natural talent one is born with.
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Literary Hub,
22 Dec. 2025
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
22 June 2026
Oh, heavens to Betsy, not the chest hair!
—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2026
Yes, the summer festival season is here (thank heavens).
—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.
—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Close by, Cassiopeia the Queen and Cepheus the King hang high in the northwest heavens in the early evening.
—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.
—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
Dora comes every Friday and makes sure of that, thank heavens.
—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
The Spirit Resonance is a gift of heavens, a natural talent one is born with.
—
Literary Hub,
22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavens
sky
Noun
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In the meantime, the Dallas FBI is busy trying to keep drones out of the sky around FIFA venues like Dallas Stadium and the FIFA Fan Festival.
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The search for Gracie the giraffe, missing in Texas, hit its two-week mark on June 25 as the manager of her ranch is continuing to scour rugged terrain from the ground and sky.
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“Heavens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavens. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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