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blue-sky

[bloo-skahy] / ˈbluˈskaɪ /












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For hours on a crisp, blue-sky day, kite flyers mingled with sign-wavers, sharing space on the National Mall as they pursued their dueling missions.

From Barron's Mar. 28, 2026

Adding to the mistrust is that just over 60% of bucket one funding - for blue-sky research - goes directly to universities, who can then spend it how they like.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2026

When an intern tells a patient that he believes kindness is the best medicine, J.D. tersely interrupts his blue-sky meliorism with a cold splash of reality.

From Salon Feb. 26, 2026

“This should put a capper, in our opinion, on blue-sky hopes for substantial multiple expansion,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch Feb. 5, 2026

The pond on my right was frozen over, and an unbroken plane of white stretched to the blue-sky horizon.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx




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