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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
Many Americans didn’t let the sweltering heat or stormy skies stop their party.
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Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
5 July 2026
Then as skies darkened, fireworks began lighting the skies everywhere.
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Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 July 2026
Then, just a few hours later, the annual Perseid meteor shower will peak under dark, moonless skies.
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Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
Endless mountain ranges, sprawling ranches and wide-open skies became as recognizable to viewers as the Dutton family itself.
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Danielle Minnetian,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
Find dark skies and point your telescope toward the Milky Way to view the Lagoon Nebula – a star-forming region in the constellation Sagittarius, like a stellar nursery.
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John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
3 July 2026
Wong and Marquess place a visit to Lowell at the very top of their recommendations list, with both calling out the clear, dark skies and bright stars that surround the observatory.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
3 July 2026
Here, a quilt flies over the spacious skies of Utah’s Dead Horse Point State Park (an area threatened by drilling permits approved by the US Bureau of Land Management) bearing Wes Gordon’s Georgia, Ashlynn Park’s Arkansas, and Sergio Hudson’s South Carolina, among others.
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Alexandra Hildreth,
Vogue,
23 June 2026
Clear skies are in the forecast for the next few days as temperatures kick around the upper 90s.
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Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 June 2026
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
5 July 2026
Then as skies darkened, fireworks began lighting the skies everywhere.
—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 July 2026
Then, just a few hours later, the annual Perseid meteor shower will peak under dark, moonless skies.
—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
Endless mountain ranges, sprawling ranches and wide-open skies became as recognizable to viewers as the Dutton family itself.
—
Danielle Minnetian,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
Find dark skies and point your telescope toward the Milky Way to view the Lagoon Nebula – a star-forming region in the constellation Sagittarius, like a stellar nursery.
—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
3 July 2026
Wong and Marquess place a visit to Lowell at the very top of their recommendations list, with both calling out the clear, dark skies and bright stars that surround the observatory.
—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
3 July 2026
Here, a quilt flies over the spacious skies of Utah’s Dead Horse Point State Park (an area threatened by drilling permits approved by the US Bureau of Land Management) bearing Wes Gordon’s Georgia, Ashlynn Park’s Arkansas, and Sergio Hudson’s South Carolina, among others.
—
Alexandra Hildreth,
Vogue,
23 June 2026
Clear skies are in the forecast for the next few days as temperatures kick around the upper 90s.
—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skies
heavens
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The queen of pop swapped her Confessions II-era shiny golden doll-like curls for a high-to-the-heavens mullet.
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Oh, heavens to Betsy, not the chest hair!
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“Skies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skies. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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