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as in spiritual
not composed of matter
that ethereal attribute that every performer should have—charisma
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as in fluffy
resembling air in lightness
the bakery's scrumptious pastries have a wonderfully ethereal consistency
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as in celestial
of, relating to, or suggesting heaven
described as a land of ethereal beauty and tranquility
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Recent Examples of ethereal
Immersion is the name of the game at White Sands National Park, which tends to draw adventurers and solitude seekers, along with photographers chasing the golden hours of sunrise and sunset, when the dunes glow an ethereal pink and blue.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Made from grand cru sites in Vosne-Romanée, the village in which DRC’s eponymous walled vineyard sits, this ethereal bottling is a far cry pricewise from its siblings.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2026
When picked right off the vine, during the sneaky warmth of late spring, a fresh pea can taste ethereal.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Apr. 2026
Their work that year included two full-length albums, both of which contained some of the group’s ethereal and avant-garde work, with Victorialand released in April and The Moon and the Melodies, a collaboration with minimalist composer Harold Budd, in November.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 3 Apr. 2026
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Made from grand cru sites in Vosne-Romanée, the village in which DRC’s eponymous walled vineyard sits, this ethereal bottling is a far cry pricewise from its siblings.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2026
When picked right off the vine, during the sneaky warmth of late spring, a fresh pea can taste ethereal.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Apr. 2026
Their work that year included two full-length albums, both of which contained some of the group’s ethereal and avant-garde work, with Victorialand released in April and The Moon and the Melodies, a collaboration with minimalist composer Harold Budd, in November.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethereal
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Blending investigative storytelling, history, and personal narrative, The Vodou Project challenges old perceptions and celebrates the spiritual and cultural heritage at the heart of Haitian identity.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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Throughout this time, long before the rise of modern nation-states, Jews have maintained a continuous presence in the land and an enduring spiritual and cultural bond to it.—
Elad Strohmayer,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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The avocado toast starts with fluffy brioche and tops it with creamy avocado, pickled veg, crispy tofu and a scallion oil.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
23 Apr. 2026
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Different textures of plants—fluffy, smooth, shiny, ruffled—add interest to your container garden.—
Midwest Living,
Midwest Living,
22 Apr. 2026
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Onlookers in the Northern Hemisphere will get the best chance to view the celestial show from Tuesday night until dawn Wednesday morning, according to EarthSky.—
Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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There is no room for small talk or anything surface-level during this celestial exchange.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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Followers of the Abrahamic religions are supposed to treat God as immaterial and incorporeal, yet these early Yahweh worshippers imagined him as fully embodied.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Positioned as a large-scale genre event, the series updates the legendary SFX property with a contemporary political and social edge, with Shun Oguri leading the cast as a detective hunting a seemingly incorporeal killer.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Jan. 2026
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That’s to say, there’s earthly authority and there’s heavenly authority.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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The half-industrial, half-heavenly record was recorded on the brink of a real-life meltdown; the substances Lean had rapped about so brazenly during his adolescent mixtape era would nearly claim his life.—
Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026
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The nature of their bond also lends the movie its metaphysical dimension.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
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Or from whatever this risibly self-serious metaphysical nonsense about performance and possession, creation and exorcism, aims to be.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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All the while, Gaga played out a loose storyline about her internal battle between her angelic and demonic sides.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
10 Apr. 2026
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On the flip side, the devil works hard, but the Bravo gods work harder, because, thanks to impeccable timing, this episode couldn’t have made Ciara look any more angelic.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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But the everyday cowboy problems get intertwined with something more menacing — possibly supernatural — when Abbott discovers an ominous black void on his property.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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The project will be a reimagining of the 2017 film, which centers on a police officer and a series of paranormal researchers and investigators who attempt to get to the bottom of supernatural occurrences that are centered in one neighborhood in Buenos Aires.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Ethereal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethereal. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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