the ether
noun
: the sky
The balloon disappeared into the ether.
plucked an answer out of the ether
—used especially when describing electronic signals that travel through the airbroadcasting radio signals into the ether
sent a message over/through the ether
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In didn’t come out until 2013, but the girlboss was already in the ether.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
Thanks to some toy leaks, Plaza's Death was already out in the ether.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
The concept of the two major satellite players coming together has been in the ether for years.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024
Ganger is full of enjambment and ellipses, ideas competing with one another or allowed to drift into the ether, each of them odder and more specific than the last.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
Thanks to some toy leaks, Plaza's Death was already out in the ether.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
The concept of the two major satellite players coming together has been in the ether for years.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024
Ganger is full of enjambment and ellipses, ideas competing with one another or allowed to drift into the ether, each of them odder and more specific than the last.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for the ether
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“The ether.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20ether. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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