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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
Perched on a Chilean mountaintop, the telescope will point its eye at the southern sky for the next 10 years, taking hundreds of images per night.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
After several days at sea, Cristhian Flores, a thirty-two-year-old fisherman who was aboard the Fiorella for the first time, noticed something odd in the sky.
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Will Freeman,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
Final Cut Pro on Mac is also adding an Auto Mask tool, which isolates and refines video elements like skin, hair, sky, and clothing.
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Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2026
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
After several days at sea, Cristhian Flores, a thirty-two-year-old fisherman who was aboard the Fiorella for the first time, noticed something odd in the sky.
—
Will Freeman,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
Final Cut Pro on Mac is also adding an Auto Mask tool, which isolates and refines video elements like skin, hair, sky, and clothing.
—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.
—
Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sky
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The typical barbeque fare and red-white-and-blue can be expected on Saturday, July 4, but many cities have big events planned for this historic Independence Day weekend.
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The only figure, man or woman, not shown wearing identical American-flag blue is the poet Phillis Wheatley, who wears a pastel shade and who also happens to be the only Black person featured in the gallery.
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Plants look simply stunning in the garden, with silvery foliage and heaven-scented blooms abuzz with pollinators.
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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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One of the key features is the dramatic spiral roof, which takes cues from an unfurled Chinese folding fan, a space that is accessible to visitors and serves as an observation deck overlooking the Huangpu River and the city's skyline.
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This year's event marked the 50th anniversary of Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks, which illuminated New York City's skyline with the nation's largest Independence Day celebration.
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And then there are amateur collectors like me, who might not know ironstone from porcelain, but whose last day on earth could be spent touching old objects in ignorant bliss.
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That much was clear to the thousands and thousands of fans who packed the streets outside of Madison Square Garden and throughout the five boroughs on Saturday night, celebrating in glorious, delirious bliss after the Knicks won Game 5 of the NBA Finals, 94-90, in San Antonio.
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Zdena expands her horizons beyond the little town and may even find new happiness.
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From the northern hemisphere, the planets will be low on the eastern horizon in the early morning hours before astronomical dawn.
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The dust-ups might have driven the Honeywells away from their island paradise, more casualties of the lottery curse.
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Like other emerging beach destinations around the world, those surfers slowly spread the word to other folks about an under-the-radar Caribbean paradise.
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In that era, daytime television occupied a bigger space in the cultural firmament.
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What’s going on here is nothing less than a sort of nation building, laying the firmament for a new way of living and seeing the world.
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“Sky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sky. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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