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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
Lie flat on your back and look up, taking in as much of the sky as possible.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 May 2026
If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
Some already have little green shoots reaching up toward the sky.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
In the evening, temperatures will cool into the 70s, skies will be partly cloudy and winds will blow south at 5 to 10 mph.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 May 2026
If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
Some already have little green shoots reaching up toward the sky.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
In the evening, temperatures will cool into the 70s, skies will be partly cloudy and winds will blow south at 5 to 10 mph.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sky
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Moss, sticks and other debris floated in the water while the South Sawyer Glacier, usually brilliant blue, was coated in a layer of dust.—
Megan I. Gannon,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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But the boys in blue continued their run of productive at-bats and flashed some power from unexpected places in a 5-3 win over the Guardians.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2026
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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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Gaga and Doechii, a match made in fashion heaven, and two style students who clearly did their homework for this assignment.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
27 Apr. 2026
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These days, his life in Thailand resembles domestic bliss.—
Harry Thorfinn-George,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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Most of the love stories that do make it to the big screen still generally follow broad, conventional strokes, capturing the bliss of coupling up or the blues of falling apart.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Dubai skyline, including the Burj Khalifa skyscraper, center, in the United Arab Emirates.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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Here, however, Swift would have to go without the New York skyline in the wedding photos.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
24 Apr. 2026
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But their apparent domestic paradise was thrown into disarray when Betty began to suspect her husband was having an affair with his younger office assistant, Linda Kolkena.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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Mauritius looks like paradise to many—and its government can afford to be picky about the people who want to make the island their home.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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The chatbots then walked back some of their original conclusions, with Claude specifically noting that its original planning horizon was too short.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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Why Trust Carries So Much Weight Retirement decisions involve money, time, and a long horizon.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
8 May 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 May. 2026.
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