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ethereal

[ih-theer-ee-uhl] / ɪˈθɪər i əl /


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That’s not smaller than talking about ethereal democracy ideas.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

You’ve seen a couple hundred of them by the time you hit second or third grade, so you become familiar with the muted ethereal glow, the heavenly gaze and the look of piety.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

That an Oscar-nominated director with a celebrated eye for the ethereal, strange world of girl-women living in beautiful boxes could make a film as workaday as this one is frustrating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

And she looked just as ethereal tonight on the red carpet in an incredibly voluminous peplum-skirted dress.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

And through that microscope, for that moment, all she could see was an ocean of her mother’s cells, stained an ethereal fluorescent green.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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