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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 sky
One charts the earth, the other the sky.
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Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
New York — A fragile ceasefire that’s mostly quieted the skies over the Middle East isn’t giving shippers the nerve to brave the narrow waterway that holds the key to 20% of the world’s oil supply.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
If the sky turns ominous and thunder can be heard, find a secure place for shelter.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Verified video and photos from the region showed how strikes shot towering columns of smoke into the sky above Beirut and sparked a desperate evacuation.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
New York — A fragile ceasefire that’s mostly quieted the skies over the Middle East isn’t giving shippers the nerve to brave the narrow waterway that holds the key to 20% of the world’s oil supply.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
If the sky turns ominous and thunder can be heard, find a secure place for shelter.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Verified video and photos from the region showed how strikes shot towering columns of smoke into the sky above Beirut and sparked a desperate evacuation.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sky
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These masks use specific wavelengths of light — red for collagen support and blue for targeting acne bacteria — to address skin concerns at a cellular level.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the past few years, the company has also seen more customers opt for blues and greens including Encore 8002-45G and Warm Eucalyptus 8004-28F, which was named Valspar’s 2026 Color of the Year.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2026
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In Catholic theology, purgatory is the in-between—not heaven, not hell, but a passage of purification before something better.—
Geoff Curtis,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
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In an interview ahead of Palm Sunday, senior pastor Robert Jeffress reflected on specific scripture that says the whole world will burn someday, but there will be a new heaven and a new earth with Christ.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Lindy West’s new memoir, Adult Braces, ends with a portrait of unconventional domestic bliss.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2026
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Juvenile bliss had long contoured this abrasive band, whose songs rattled like playgrounds, and whose shouts rang like the peals of petulant children.—
Samuel Hyland,
Pitchfork,
17 Mar. 2026
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The International Land-Sea Center rises 1,503 feet above the dense skyline of Chongqing, a mountainous megacity in southwestern China.—
Nathalie Nietzsche-Knappe,
Architectural Digest,
7 Apr. 2026
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Four stories is the height limit in this section of town, so as not to dwarf the historic skyline.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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All Glock horses were retired from competition and are now enjoying their retirement in a true equestrian paradise—GHPC Austria.—
Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
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The crystal-clear blue waters of the Bahamas, a paradise for tourists, are also home to sharks — and a new study suggests these sharks are being exposed to drugs.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Interestingly, the planet's greatest altitude at sunset will also be occurring at this time, when the ecliptic (the apparent path of the sun, moon and planets throughout the year) becomes nearly vertical with respect to the western horizon for observers in northern latitudes.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Big horizons meet daily realities as the instinctive Moon explores your pensive 9th house and squares Jupiter in your sensible 6th house.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
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Taix’s history, and its spot in the city’s cultural firmament, cannot be denied.—
Sammy Loren,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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The throwback sitcom from Garry Marshall ran through 1984, solidifying Winkler's spot in the firmament of TV stardom.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Sky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sky. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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