the ether
noun
: the sky
The balloon disappeared into the ether.
plucked an answer out of the ether
—used especially when describing electronic signals that travel through the airbroadcasting radio signals into the ether
sent a message over/through the ether
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The package seems to have disappeared into the ether.
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Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Twist after twist keeps the story constantly in motion, at the expense of both texture and basic coherence, until the season ends on an oddly open note — less hanging over a cliff than trailing off into the ether.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 21 July 2025
Some of it comes from the ether… from the ether going after Ethan [laughs].
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
Grok isn’t designed to be just a floating consciousness in the ether.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 July 2025
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Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Twist after twist keeps the story constantly in motion, at the expense of both texture and basic coherence, until the season ends on an oddly open note — less hanging over a cliff than trailing off into the ether.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 21 July 2025
Some of it comes from the ether… from the ether going after Ethan [laughs].
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
Grok isn’t designed to be just a floating consciousness in the ether.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for the ether
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“The ether.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20ether. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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