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Recent Examples of blue-sky
So many of the barriers that face other blue-sky technologies were swept away by the urgency of the pandemic.
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Stephen Buranyi, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
Their light, harmony-laden fare evokes blue-sky airiness, front-porch pleasantries and all-ages barn dances.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2024
Instead, a 5-3, 10-inning loss spoiled their sunny, blue-sky afternoon and ushered the Giants into a scheduling gauntlet before the All-Star Break.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
Throw in some blue-sky thinking triggered by a boundary-shifting global pandemic, and the idea for Detour Discotheque was crystallized.
—Becky Lucas, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2023
David Bengali's crisp, blue-sky projections clash with the set's earthy tones, while the varied circus animals lack any visual cohesion.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Awards season chatter about the dark stylings of Oppenheimer, snow-white chill of Anatomy of a Fall, and the hot pink highlights of Barbie ends tonight, when the 2024 Oscar winners turn major contenders' blue-sky dreams into gold at the 96th Academy Awards.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
These are blue-sky solutions to spark imagination, joy, and curiosity.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
On a blue-sky July morning, only four hikers were taking selfies against the endless backdrop of undulating Rocky Mountains.
—Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 23 July 2023
Stephen Buranyi, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
Their light, harmony-laden fare evokes blue-sky airiness, front-porch pleasantries and all-ages barn dances.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2024
Instead, a 5-3, 10-inning loss spoiled their sunny, blue-sky afternoon and ushered the Giants into a scheduling gauntlet before the All-Star Break.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
Throw in some blue-sky thinking triggered by a boundary-shifting global pandemic, and the idea for Detour Discotheque was crystallized.
—Becky Lucas, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2023
David Bengali's crisp, blue-sky projections clash with the set's earthy tones, while the varied circus animals lack any visual cohesion.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Awards season chatter about the dark stylings of Oppenheimer, snow-white chill of Anatomy of a Fall, and the hot pink highlights of Barbie ends tonight, when the 2024 Oscar winners turn major contenders' blue-sky dreams into gold at the 96th Academy Awards.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
These are blue-sky solutions to spark imagination, joy, and curiosity.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
On a blue-sky July morning, only four hikers were taking selfies against the endless backdrop of undulating Rocky Mountains.
—Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 23 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue-sky
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Ultimately, while the dream that humanity will be freed from the shackles of labor and freed to pursue a life of leisure and creativity is attractive, the leap to this utopian state is far from guaranteed.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Our unnamed hero also takes time out from the battle to read a fantasy novel whose utopian fantasy realm — twist!Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Those are also the building blocks of a society, a shaky foundation that forces the idealistic Tóth to flee one rotten country for another.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Sun in your eighth house asks you to take a risk and trust others with your vulnerabilities, but Neptune in your 11th house blurs the line between loyal friends and idealistic allies.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Consultants have traditionally filled this gap by providing impartial assessments, yet external advisors may miss crucial insights into a company’s products, culture or internal processes, leading to high-cost, impractical recommendations.Glen Robinson, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Trying to dampen political polarization in the news and on social media would be an obvious approach—although an impractical one, the two say, given how polarization has marketplace benefits in boosting audience sizes, engagement and political donations.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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This can lead to the unrealistic expectation that every moment should be equally intense or near-perfect.Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Illusions that don’t serve us fall away, whether in the form of toxic relationships, unrealistic expectations or self-deception.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Some of the many fanciful gingerbread buildings that arose there were supposedly designed by the scandalously famous architect Stanford White and bore a resemblance to the Hotel del Coronado, which opened the same year.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Judging by editors’ reactions to the trays and trays of fanciful baubles that filled the fashion closet for a recent street style shoot, these bits and bobs are here to stay.Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
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The company also announced visionary product updates this year that focused on scaling globally, including enhancements to Stripe Billing and expanded in-person payment capabilities.TrueBridge Capital, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The movie centers on Seth Brundle (Goldblum), a visionary scientist who suffers a mishap during a teleportation experiment, leading him to slowly and gruesomely transform into a human-fly hybrid.Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
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His vision of Treehouse Town is brimming with imaginative contraptions, like crow’s nests for viewing, air trams, rope swings, trapdoors and sycamore slides.Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
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Archival images extended the imaginative world and conveyed the actual investigation the main character in the film undertakes as revelations are made about the Nickel Academy’s brutal legacy.Joslyn Barnes, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Madison is flawless in these closing scenes: stunned, heartbroken, unable to respond to the tentative romantic gestures of a Russian henchman who's taken a shine to her.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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The style of the home was Italian Villa, an informal, romantic style.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Blue-sky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue-sky. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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