stratosphere
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The MLB owners are in a different stratosphere from even the best-paid ballplayers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Totoro’s real launch into pop culture’s stratosphere came a year later, when NTV brought his namesake movie to a broader audience, exploding its fandom beyond Japan.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
To me, that’s what takes this term off into the stratosphere.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Higher up, it can linger in the stratosphere and reflect some sunlight back into space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
It is a bit of a chemical oddity in that at ground level it is a pollutant, while way up in the stratosphere it is beneficial, since it soaks up dangerous ultraviolet radiation.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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