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atmosphere

[at-muhs-feer] / ˈæt məsˌfɪər /
NOUN
gases around the earth
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The goal was to determine how much carbon dioxide the forest removes from the atmosphere and stores in its wood.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

"Something was in the air. There was an ominous atmosphere."

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

"That was one of those moments. We got back in the dressing room and I can't describe the atmosphere."

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The atmosphere was tense and uncertain; no-one knows when the situation could escalate.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Even worse, the heat generated could create an updraft, carrying any radiation that was released high into the atmosphere, where it could travel for miles before coming back down.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

A lot of us have worked for employers that try to create family or party-like atmospheres in one way or another.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Kavinsky was a defining act of the Paris electronic scene of the 2000s and 2010s, whose neon-smeared synths and noirish atmospheres lent themselves to L.A. freeways and Montmartre nightclubs alike.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

They sing constantly and have generated the best atmospheres I have encountered in the US.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Researchers also hope to investigate the chemical makeup of these worlds' atmospheres.

From Science Daily Jun. 13, 2026

Volcanoes inject debris into the atmospheres of the Earth and Io.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Eric Ambler led a school during the United Front period of the '30s with wonderfully atmosphered thrillers in which the heroes, or their allies, were Soviet security men.

From Time Magazine Archive

It had atmosphered itself with rich perfume, and something far richer, for three thousand miles.

From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White

Not after all the other new Earths, freezing cold or methane atmosphered or at best completely waterless.

From The First Day of Spring by Wolf, Mari

Or rather, it left its ghosts behind it, ever shifting forms and shadows, each atmosphered in its own ethereal mood.

From Weighed and Wanting by MacDonald, George




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