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atmosphere

[at-muhs-feer] / ˈæt məsˌfɪər /
NOUN
gases around the earth
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American sprint stars Gabby Thomas and Sha'Carri Richardson were among the champions amid a party atmosphere which featured a live track-side DJ.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Before testing the first atom bomb, the Los Alamos crew asked Hans Bethe to confirm with math that it wouldn’t start a chain reaction and consume the atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Eastward-shifting ocean evaporation generates warm air that rises into the atmosphere and then migrates north and east, gathering speed and feeding into the subtropical jet stream.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

The house had been empty for some time and a number of break-ins eventually led to the downstairs windows being boarded up, which had not helped the atmosphere, Way said.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Should musicians be engaged to enhance the spooky atmosphere?

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Marley, together with LPL associate professor Ty Robinson and LPL postdoctoral research associate Zarah Brown, will use Coronagraph Instrument data to study the atmospheres of planets beyond our solar system.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

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

The pressure had dropped to 0.9 atmospheres during my little experiment.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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

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 George MacDonald

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

From The First Day of Spring by Mari Wolf

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

From Among the Forces by Henry White Warren




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