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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
Mostly clear skies are in the forecast overnight with lows in the upper 30s.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
Hurricane season lasts through November, but travelers who don't mind a higher risk of rainy skies will quickly find that Jamaica can be a beautiful destination year-round.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
On August 2, 2027, the skies above parts of southern Spain, Northern Africa, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa will plunge into darkness as a total solar eclipse blocks all direct sunlight.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 23 Feb. 2026
On Saturday, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye if clear skies allow.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Sunny skies and southerly winds on Tuesday and Wednesday will result in warmer-than-average temperatures.
—Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
Winds will relax Sunday night and, under clear skies, enough cooling by Monday morning could support a brief, patchy light freeze in the low-lying spots of the Hill Country and along the Balcones Escarpment.
—Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
Tuesday may see some isolated flurries early and partly sunny skies during the day, reaching a high in the low 40s, forecasts show.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
Overnight lows should be in the mid-60s all week, with mostly clear skies.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
Hurricane season lasts through November, but travelers who don't mind a higher risk of rainy skies will quickly find that Jamaica can be a beautiful destination year-round.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
On August 2, 2027, the skies above parts of southern Spain, Northern Africa, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa will plunge into darkness as a total solar eclipse blocks all direct sunlight.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 23 Feb. 2026
On Saturday, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye if clear skies allow.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Sunny skies and southerly winds on Tuesday and Wednesday will result in warmer-than-average temperatures.
—Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
Winds will relax Sunday night and, under clear skies, enough cooling by Monday morning could support a brief, patchy light freeze in the low-lying spots of the Hill Country and along the Balcones Escarpment.
—Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
Tuesday may see some isolated flurries early and partly sunny skies during the day, reaching a high in the low 40s, forecasts show.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
Overnight lows should be in the mid-60s all week, with mostly clear skies.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 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 3 Mar. 2026.
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