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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
From Charlize Theron scaling rock barefoot to the world's darkest skies, hear the stories of Outside's Spring 2026 issue wherever the trail takes you.
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Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
Video posted to social media and geolocated by NBC News showed roiling fireballs and the sky rank with black smoke above a refinery in Asaluyeh, on Iran's Gulf coastline.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
For a full guide on dark sky locations check out our guide.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2026
High temperatures are expected to climb into the mid-70s under partly sunny skies.
—Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
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Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
Video posted to social media and geolocated by NBC News showed roiling fireballs and the sky rank with black smoke above a refinery in Asaluyeh, on Iran's Gulf coastline.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
For a full guide on dark sky locations check out our guide.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2026
High temperatures are expected to climb into the mid-70s under partly sunny skies.
—Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sky
Noun
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This product became an instant vacation essential, and an easy purse throw-in to beat the winter blues.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
18 Mar. 2026
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Back in early 2025, thieves reportedly stole some 40 of the 80 bronze sidewalk plaques — – honoring many of the greatest blues/R&B artists in Bay Area history — from the ground.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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White and brown are a match made in sartorial heaven.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
10 Mar. 2026
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Summer brings enormous, heaven-scented blooms that ripen to attractive cones holding bright red seeds.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 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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Omaha, Nebraska — Surrounded by friends and family at his birthday party this week, 10-year-old True Beethe of Omaha, Nebraska, was on cloud nine, but his bliss had not come easy.—
Steve Hartman,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Illuminated against Austin’s panoramic skyline at Auditorium Shores, Christina Aguilera greeted the Sips & Sounds spectators in a plunging red latex bodysuit, matching elbow gloves and thigh-high black boots.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Michigan City’s 11th Street Station is part of a giant complex that Flaherty & Collins is building to include commercial space on the ground floor and residential space above, reshaping the city’s skyline.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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This exclusive, private-use retreat in a former fishing lodge by Hampshire’s River Test is a paradise for dry fly-fishing enthusiasts.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Mar. 2026
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But the year-round warm weather also makes this place a paradise for golfers, who will have their pick of the lot from dozens of resorts and golf clubs offering championship courses designed by the greats, including Greg Norman, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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The restaurant portion of the journal was more horizon broadening.—
Emily Johnson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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July 23 – August 22 When feelings meet courage, horizons widen.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
19 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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In the past thirty or so years, the academy has replaced the church as the center of the liberal moral imagination, providing the sense of a community bound by ethics, a firmament of texts and knowledge that should inform action, and a meeting space for like-minded people.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Sky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sky. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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