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atmosphere

[at-muhs-feer] / ˈæt məsˌfɪər /
NOUN
gases around the earth
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“The Whale” is subtler on stage than it is on screen; its metaphors work better in the theater’s buoyant atmosphere for which they were conceived.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Whenever the ship switches to diesel, any residual methane gas has to be flushed out of the engine pipework and vented into the atmosphere.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

“It’s difficult to appreciate the scale, energy, and atmosphere of the property without experiencing it in person,” he noted.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

The resulting pressure pattern changed the routes taken by moisture moving through the atmosphere.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

My body was like a shuttle reentering the Earth’s atmosphere, hitting against particles of air and facing temperatures of three thousand degrees Fahrenheit.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Willets focuses on DJ and experiential atmospheres, rather than live music venues and locales.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

A lot of us have worked for employers that try to create family or party-like atmospheres in one way or another.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Researchers also hope to investigate the chemical makeup of these worlds' atmospheres.

From Science Daily Jun. 13, 2026

With their bold scripts, memorable atmospheres and breathtaking visual landscapes, these films were enough to reinstate some faith in the Hollywood machine.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

Red giants find their outer atmospheres blowing away into space; planetary nebulae are the final stages of Sunlike stars blowing their tops.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Eric Ambler led a school during the United Front period of the '30s with wonderfully atmosphered thrillers in which the heroes, or their allies, were Soviet security men.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or rather, it left its ghosts behind it, ever shifting forms and shadows, each atmosphered in its own ethereal mood.

From Weighed and Wanting by George MacDonald

Not after all the other new Earths, freezing cold or methane atmosphered or at best completely waterless.

From The First Day of Spring by Mari Wolf

It had atmosphered itself with rich perfume, and something far richer, for three thousand miles.

From Among the Forces by Henry White Warren




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