hang in the air
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: to be incomplete or uncertain
The design of the new currency is still hanging in the air.
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Other questions that researchers are still trying to answer for diabetes and obesity hang in the air, too.
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Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 24 June 2023
In the jury box and throughout the courthouse gallery where the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s death is taking place, tension and tedium hang in the air like humidity in the Georgia summer.
—Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 19 Nov. 2021
That smoke is air pollution made up of harmful particulates and toxic chemicals that can hang in the air and get into the water, soil and your lungs.
—London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2021
Chibambe decided to just hang in the air a bit before throwing the ball down.
—Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2021
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Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 24 June 2023
In the jury box and throughout the courthouse gallery where the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s death is taking place, tension and tedium hang in the air like humidity in the Georgia summer.
—Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 19 Nov. 2021
That smoke is air pollution made up of harmful particulates and toxic chemicals that can hang in the air and get into the water, soil and your lungs.
—London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2021
Chibambe decided to just hang in the air a bit before throwing the ball down.
—Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2021
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“Hang in the air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20in%20the%20air. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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