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ether

[ee-ther] / ˈi θər /
ADJECTIVE
empyrean
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Most of the time it feels like I’m just talking into the ether.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Rob Hocking, Cboe’s global head of derivatives, said that the derivatives exchange is considering converting its continuous futures tied to bitcoin and ether, launched in December, to perpetual futures.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

The orchestral sound comes out of a hidden pit as though from the ether.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

The inquiry heard Elias was never contacted by mental health professionals about the document, which he believed had been "lost in the ether".

From BBC May 13, 2026

I crafted my first tweet in the fall of 2011 to promote Joining Forces and then watched it zing through the strange, boundless ether where people increasingly spent their time.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Their proliferation might not affect the sheer number of bitcoins, ethers and other tokens, but some investors thought their arrival has dented bitcoin’s appeal as a scarce asset.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 7, 2026

The challenging part was finding a way to attach to the photonic chip surface certain ring-shaped molecules known as crown ethers, which can capture specific ions such as lead.

From Science Daily May 14, 2024

Other EDCs of concern include organophosphate ethers, benzotriazoles, and PBDEs, all of which are used to make plastic products fire- and light-resistant.

From Salon Apr. 2, 2024

The research found the levels of banned PBDEs, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers, in breast milk have declined some 70% over the past two decades.

From Seattle Times Jul. 21, 2023

From the facts and observations above mentioned electricity and magnetism consist each of them of two ethers, as the vitreous and resinous electric ethers, and the arctic and antarctic magnetic ethers.

From The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes by Erasmus Darwin




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