on high

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for on high
Noun
  • The color of Samarkand is intensely blue -- the color of sky and water.
    Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Stars are the glittering beacons of the universe — massive nuclear furnaces that light up the night sky and shape the very fabric of galaxies.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the bliss of that new dawn was short-lived, and not just because of the appearance of the guillotine in public squares across the country.
    Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Those few extra inches are the difference between sitting pretty and reclining in bliss.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The artist Ernest Crichlow summons the memory of the sculptor Augusta Savage, whose studio, in a Harlem basement—amid furnaces and stacks of coal—was a paradise of enlightenment and a hive of creative effort.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
  • This new superyacht is a swimmer’s paradise.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Thank heavens scientific integrity is still alive and well.
    D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
  • One big topic in the news these days is that AI often pretends to be your best friend and will praise you to the high heavens.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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