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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
Additional showers are possible Thursday, especially earlier in the day, with mostly cloudy skies and highs in the mid-60s.
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Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2026
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a significant source of airborne microplastics and nanoplastics, but there are many other places where tiny plastic particles can be whipped up into the skies, including from landfills, roadside litter and car tires.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
That was exactly a year ago – and it's now got a working prototype taking to the skies.
—New Atlas, 4 May 2026
Temperatures are forecast to drop into the high 60s on Wednesday, with skies turning mostly cloudy, winds remaining gusty and a chance of rain rolling in during the afternoon.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 4 May 2026
Chile Set beneath some of the darkest skies on Earth, this stream from the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) offers ideal viewing conditions.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 May 2026
To start the workweek, expect partly cloudy skies and breezy winds this afternoon gusting up to and possible over 30 mph at times.
—Michael Autovino, CBS News, 4 May 2026
This week’s weather should be stable, with sunny skies, low wind and temperatures rising from the low 80s to nearly 90 by the weekend.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
Milder temperatures — and clearer skies — prevail during late spring, October and November.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 27 Apr. 2026
Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2026
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a significant source of airborne microplastics and nanoplastics, but there are many other places where tiny plastic particles can be whipped up into the skies, including from landfills, roadside litter and car tires.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
That was exactly a year ago – and it's now got a working prototype taking to the skies.
—New Atlas, 4 May 2026
Temperatures are forecast to drop into the high 60s on Wednesday, with skies turning mostly cloudy, winds remaining gusty and a chance of rain rolling in during the afternoon.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 4 May 2026
Chile Set beneath some of the darkest skies on Earth, this stream from the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) offers ideal viewing conditions.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 May 2026
To start the workweek, expect partly cloudy skies and breezy winds this afternoon gusting up to and possible over 30 mph at times.
—Michael Autovino, CBS News, 4 May 2026
This week’s weather should be stable, with sunny skies, low wind and temperatures rising from the low 80s to nearly 90 by the weekend.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
Milder temperatures — and clearer skies — prevail during late spring, October and November.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skies
heavens
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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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These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Skies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skies. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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