firmament
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Today our stars inhabit the cultural firmament, in sports and in entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
The pre-Revolutionary era aligned with advances in knowledge of the heavenly bodies, sparked by telescopes and a firmament not-yet-obstructed by skyscrapers and pollution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
An appeal for new designs produced unusual ideas, including a glass roof, a green "eco-roof", a massive flame instead of a spire, and a spire topped by a vertical laser shooting into the firmament.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024
Shirley MacLaine, a longtime star in the movie-world firmament, opens up her personal photo gallery to the world.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024
Above in the night the sparks from the funnels spiraled upward to join the firmament of stars.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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