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Recent Examples of blue-sky
Ford’s issue is the here and now, not a lack of blue-sky thinking.
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Mark Phelan, USA Today, 1 Oct. 2025
That leaves philanthropy: the most compelling alternative is for Gulf philanthropists to begin directing a larger proportion of their expenditure to blue-sky research that can have strategic value.
—Omar Al-Ubaydli, semafor.com, 16 July 2025
Organizations like Google Brain have thrived by giving teams autonomy to pursue blue-sky ideas, leading to breakthroughs such as Transformer models that revolutionized NLP.
—Melanie Hughes, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
This is, after all, a publication that was founded in the early ’90s, born of a desire to champion the subversive, disruptive advent of the internet—and the hackers, hustlers, and blue-sky lunatics consumed by the possibilities of a digitized and interconnected planet.
—Katie Drummond, Wired News, 19 May 2025
But the big reason your skin is more likely to burn has to do with all that fresh powder that skiers and snowboarders crave, especially on perfect, blue-sky days.
—Steven R. Fassnacht, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2025
Straight ahead, the Pacific sparkled on the sunny, blue-sky Friday.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
The original Malibu Line piece from 1978 was documented on a blue-sky, clear day, with Lita’s blue line cascading into the Pacific Ocean in the distance.
—Laura O’Neill, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Other experts have argued that the world must keep building conventional networks to serve hard-to-reach areas, just in case those blue-sky ideas don’t pan out.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2017
Mark Phelan, USA Today, 1 Oct. 2025
That leaves philanthropy: the most compelling alternative is for Gulf philanthropists to begin directing a larger proportion of their expenditure to blue-sky research that can have strategic value.
—Omar Al-Ubaydli, semafor.com, 16 July 2025
Organizations like Google Brain have thrived by giving teams autonomy to pursue blue-sky ideas, leading to breakthroughs such as Transformer models that revolutionized NLP.
—Melanie Hughes, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
This is, after all, a publication that was founded in the early ’90s, born of a desire to champion the subversive, disruptive advent of the internet—and the hackers, hustlers, and blue-sky lunatics consumed by the possibilities of a digitized and interconnected planet.
—Katie Drummond, Wired News, 19 May 2025
But the big reason your skin is more likely to burn has to do with all that fresh powder that skiers and snowboarders crave, especially on perfect, blue-sky days.
—Steven R. Fassnacht, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2025
Straight ahead, the Pacific sparkled on the sunny, blue-sky Friday.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
The original Malibu Line piece from 1978 was documented on a blue-sky, clear day, with Lita’s blue line cascading into the Pacific Ocean in the distance.
—Laura O’Neill, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Other experts have argued that the world must keep building conventional networks to serve hard-to-reach areas, just in case those blue-sky ideas don’t pan out.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue-sky
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Samson noted that throughout fashion history, only garments for women have been designed with rear closures, with the possible exception amid the utopian Saint-Simonian sect in 19th-century France, when men wore waistcoats that fastened from behind, requiring assistance.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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He’s shown to have spent some time living in the utopian Oneida Community, an early free-love experiment remembered now as a cult, where he was rejected.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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The series chronicles the decades-long relationship between Bailey’s bright-eyed and idealistic young congressional staffer Tim and Matt Bomer’s stern State Department official, Hawk.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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Cowley’s disillusioned but fundamentally idealistic cohort had an unexpected response.—
Michael Gorra,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Critics lambasted those policies as impractical at best, reckless at worst.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Countach is also famously impractical and a pain to drive, so the next buyer will likely be taking on a more-than-usual stewardship role in terms of old supercars, the service not being to themselves but to the wider community, which gets to look at the Countach rather than operate it.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
3 Nov. 2025
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Mamdani must now navigate the unending demands of America’s biggest city and deliver on ambitious — skeptics say unrealistic — campaign promises.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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In an era shaped by social media filters and unrealistic standards, that level of care has become more important than ever.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Both of these fanciful descriptions evoke qualities that, at the dawn of my own delinquent years of exile, must have resonated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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His keen knack for seeing the world through a playful lens transforms even the most mundane aspects of travel into a fanciful adventure for his 3-year-old son, Malcolm.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Nov. 2025
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However, the 42-year-old actor is typically the visionary behind his makeup.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025
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Working with DaCosta — who joins Todd Field and Christian Petzold in the roster of visionary directors Hoss has collaborated with — was another transformative experience.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Soccer Sidekicks’ Spot the Ball stands out for its imaginative approach to instruction.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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His imaginative storytelling techniques, well known to readers of his previous books Will in the World and The Swerve, often threaten to push him into the realm of historical fiction.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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Known for her deeply romantic yet refreshing take on femininity, Fang is a graduate from Central Saint Martins and was shortlisted for the 2019 edition of the LVMH Prize.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
11 Nov. 2025
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Coming on top of an intense, high-value bidding war, Amazon MGM has landed the movie rights to The Last Letter, a romantic drama novel by Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Blue-sky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue-sky. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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