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Recent Examples of heavens
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.
—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
Holt McCallany has been cast in a recurring guest role as the legendary Titan, also known as the Bearer of Heaven, who was condemned by Zeus to hold up the celestial heavens after the last Titan war against the Olympians.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2025
The days of counterfeit printouts are—thank heavens—largely behind us, but fans are still often left empty-handed on game days or arrive to find seats that were not as good as advertised.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 10 Nov. 2025
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
Holt McCallany has been cast in a recurring guest role as the legendary Titan, also known as the Bearer of Heaven, who was condemned by Zeus to hold up the celestial heavens after the last Titan war against the Olympians.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2025
The days of counterfeit printouts are—thank heavens—largely behind us, but fans are still often left empty-handed on game days or arrive to find seats that were not as good as advertised.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavens
sky
Noun
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There’s a chance that the aurora borealis will appear in the sky above Idaho’s capital city on Thursday, June 4, according to the National Weather Service.—
Darin Oswald,
Idaho Statesman,
5 June 2026
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Locals and tourists alike often flock to Mallory Square to watch the sky turn into a fire before dark.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
4 June 2026
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“Heavens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavens. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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