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atmosphere

[at-muhs-feer] / ˈæt məsˌfɪər /
NOUN
gases around the earth
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For decades, scientists believed these enormous insects could only exist because oxygen levels in the atmosphere were about 45% higher than they are today.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

They play the best classic rock, and the atmosphere is upscale, fine dining.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

In Mr. Spears’s hypnotic text settings and harmonies, the chorus becomes a kind of breathing atmosphere, echoing the lines of the individual characters and carrying them along with it into waking and sleeping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Asked about these claims, Little said she could not comment on events she was not involved in, or the atmosphere at the time.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

But if you throw a rock fast enough, it won’t curve back down to earth; it will zoom out of the earth’s atmosphere and escape the earth’s gravitational pull.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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