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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 skies
The high is forecasted to reach the upper 60s, NWS states, though skies are likely to remain mostly cloudy.
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Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
Rain is in the forecast for early Thursday, April 2, with clear skies overnight.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
After several days of sunny skies and record-breaking heat, rain is returning to California.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Highs on Sunday will top out in the upper 60s to be about 70F with partly sunny skies.
—Michael Autovino, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
The Maryland metropolis had a 10 percent increase in private-jet departures from February 14 to March 22, according to date from business aviation analysis firm WingX; the Big Easy, meanwhile, saw 11 percent more private planes hit the skies in the same period.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2026
Smoky, hazy skies may be visible, and the smell of smoke is possible.
—Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Videos captured a meteor streaking in the skies above southeastern Texas.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
Thus Cuarón is free to break the bleakness in his life with the surreal life where a kiss becomes the ticket for romantic flight into the skies.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2026
Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
Rain is in the forecast for early Thursday, April 2, with clear skies overnight.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
After several days of sunny skies and record-breaking heat, rain is returning to California.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Highs on Sunday will top out in the upper 60s to be about 70F with partly sunny skies.
—Michael Autovino, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
The Maryland metropolis had a 10 percent increase in private-jet departures from February 14 to March 22, according to date from business aviation analysis firm WingX; the Big Easy, meanwhile, saw 11 percent more private planes hit the skies in the same period.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2026
Smoky, hazy skies may be visible, and the smell of smoke is possible.
—Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Videos captured a meteor streaking in the skies above southeastern Texas.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
Thus Cuarón is free to break the bleakness in his life with the surreal life where a kiss becomes the ticket for romantic flight into the skies.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skies
heavens
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Close by, Cassiopeia the Queen and Cepheus the King hang high in the northwest heavens in the early evening.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Skies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skies. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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