ethereal
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More recently, the face was LeBron James, and then, the ethereal distance shooter Steph Curry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Ms. Margulis recalls her studies at a music conservatory, steeped as it was in the view that music operated “in some ethereal realm,” pure and detached from the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
“The way democracy hits them is they want to have a better life, and there’s nothing wrong with talking to people about the cost-of-living crisis. That’s not smaller than talking about ethereal democracy ideas.”
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
And she looked just as ethereal tonight on the red carpet in an incredibly voluminous peplum-skirted dress.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
The prints we saw of Shelley and Byron were of ethereal young white men with flowing hair.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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