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a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death
a belief that warriors felled in battle will be raised to the sky
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Recent Examples of skies
The buzz of drones above, and then gunfire, the woodland and damaged houses around suddenly alive with the Ukrainian troops hidden in them, firing at the skies.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Auroras are surprisingly faint to the naked eye at first, especially during weaker geomagnetic storms, so dark skies make a huge difference.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
That should translate to mostly sunny to clear skies.
—Ron Smiley, CBS News, 18 May 2026
While Spain offers a European setting, many eclipse chasers are eyeing destinations like Tunisia and Egypt for their very long totalities and very high chances of clear skies.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026
Temperatures on Monday will climb into the upper 70s under sunny skies.
—Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
The skies above Connecticut and across the country are also expected to be jam-packed through the holidays.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
Countless people have reported mysterious hovering objects dotting the night skies and posted blurred images — a white light, a black background — on social media.
—Michael Wilson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Auroras are surprisingly faint to the naked eye at first, especially during weaker geomagnetic storms, so dark skies make a huge difference.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
That should translate to mostly sunny to clear skies.
—Ron Smiley, CBS News, 18 May 2026
While Spain offers a European setting, many eclipse chasers are eyeing destinations like Tunisia and Egypt for their very long totalities and very high chances of clear skies.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026
Temperatures on Monday will climb into the upper 70s under sunny skies.
—Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
The skies above Connecticut and across the country are also expected to be jam-packed through the holidays.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
Countless people have reported mysterious hovering objects dotting the night skies and posted blurred images — a white light, a black background — on social media.
—Michael Wilson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skies
heavens
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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
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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
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“Skies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skies. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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