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atmosphere

[at-muhs-feer] / ˈæt məsˌfɪər /
NOUN
gases around the earth
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The planet has a thin atmosphere and no global magnetic field, leaving electronics exposed to radiation that can interfere with their operation.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Liverpool were flawed against Villarreal but the atmosphere was electric as they came from behind to win.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Musicians and acrobats joined the colorful floats, giving the downtown avenues a carnival atmosphere.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

In the past, that secretive atmosphere has prevented information about other infectious outbreaks from becoming public, including an anthrax outbreak in 2016 in the Siberian province of Yamal that officials said killed two people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The language created vibrations in the atmosphere around them.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Understanding how oxygen moves between the interiors and atmospheres of rocky planets may help researchers investigate the conditions that allow potentially habitable environments to develop and persist over billions of years.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

When the researchers examined white dwarfs throughout the sky, they found that the stars could be divided into several color groups based on the chemical makeup of their atmospheres.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

James Webb's extraordinary sensitivity has already enabled scientists to investigate alien atmospheres using a method called eclipse mapping.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

"This advancing capability opens an entirely new dimension in our study of exoplanet atmospheres."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Perhaps organisms that float in dense planetary atmospheres will be very much like us in their atomic composition, except they might not have bones and therefore not need much calcium.

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

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

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

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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