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Recent Examples of blue-sky
Sillie posted a second video, the cellphone panning to the ruins against a blue-sky backdrop.
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Mery Mogollón,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Small American flags lined the driveway and entry path as a show of welcome to veterans on a blue-sky Saturday in the lower 70s.
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Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Autumn typically enjoys the least windy weather, with sparkling blue-sky days, transitioning foliage, and crisp evenings.
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Riley Wilson,
Travel + Leisure,
19 June 2026
For example, critics of grant peer review, even before this administration, have noted that the practice can lead scientists to be conservative and avoid pursuing high-risk, blue-sky work—because getting a group of reviewers to agree on the value of a risky idea is hard.
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Mark Histed,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
If resources were not an issue — in the ultimate blue-sky scenario — what kind of thinker or skill set would be Winnipeg’s greatest asset?
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Murat Ates,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
With attendance of nearly 2,500, the conference demonstrated the strong creative appetite to explore constructive uses of AI, with many sessions and conversations entering blue-sky territory.
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Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
29 May 2026
On a blue-sky morning in April, Platner arrives at the Ellsworth Public Library, a quaint white-columned colonial 15 minutes from his home.
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Julia Terruso,
Time,
21 May 2026
Mery Mogollón,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Small American flags lined the driveway and entry path as a show of welcome to veterans on a blue-sky Saturday in the lower 70s.
—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
Autumn typically enjoys the least windy weather, with sparkling blue-sky days, transitioning foliage, and crisp evenings.
—
Riley Wilson,
Travel + Leisure,
19 June 2026
For example, critics of grant peer review, even before this administration, have noted that the practice can lead scientists to be conservative and avoid pursuing high-risk, blue-sky work—because getting a group of reviewers to agree on the value of a risky idea is hard.
—
Mark Histed,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
If resources were not an issue — in the ultimate blue-sky scenario — what kind of thinker or skill set would be Winnipeg’s greatest asset?
—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
With attendance of nearly 2,500, the conference demonstrated the strong creative appetite to explore constructive uses of AI, with many sessions and conversations entering blue-sky territory.
—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
29 May 2026
On a blue-sky morning in April, Platner arrives at the Ellsworth Public Library, a quaint white-columned colonial 15 minutes from his home.
—
Julia Terruso,
Time,
21 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue-sky
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On this basis, the utopian concept of planetary defense could also turn into a celestial version of the Cold War—or worse.
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There’s this almost utopian small-town feel to it.
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Chan stars as idealistic rookie officer Shih-Ting, while veteran actor Cheng portrays Hou, a pragmatic policeman approaching retirement.
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The first stretch of the film centers on co-founder Ilya Sutskever (Yura Borisov), the idealistic scientific mind behind the company, before the boardroom power struggle takes over.
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Because large steel structures warp and expand under intense heat and magnetic forces, maintaining a tight seal between unjoined rings has previously been impractical.
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That restriction makes Europe impractical for the traditional four- to six-month snowbird lifestyle many retirees prefer.
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Companies such as SpaceX succeeded partly because entrepreneurs like Musk were willing to risk billions of dollars on projects that many experts considered unrealistic.
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However, most other teams’ fall rosters were already filled by then, Elschot said, making these promises seem hollow and unrealistic.
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Immediately after alighting from its fanciful detour, Woods makes the odd decision to leave Emily’s perspective and lock into Sylvia’s.
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In your 9th House of Travel, pleasure-loving Venus trines fanciful Neptune in your 5th House of Creativity, blending curiosity and fun into possibility today.
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His early band Was (Not Was) remains a visionary electro-pop act with subtle, salient politics.
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There are numerous parallels between Hamilton and Elon Musk, both visionary immigrants with grand ambitions, immense energy, and many overlapping ventures.
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The chef’s love for British ingredients and imaginative flavor profiles, coupled with the fact that its menu is entirely dairy- and gluten-free makes its offering quite unique.
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Del Toro remains one of Hollywood’s most imaginative visual entertainers, and the prospect of visiting his long-dormant underworld later in 2026 promises not just fresh nostalgia but maybe even total immersion.
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Baldet didn’t arrive in hospitality with a romantic attachment to restaurants, but a model, a thesis and enough self-awareness to realise neither would survive contact with the floor unchanged.
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Prior to this, the two denied romantic interest both publicly and in private conversations.
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“Blue-sky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue-sky. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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