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atmosphere

[at-muhs-feer] / ˈæt məsˌfɪər /
NOUN
gases around the earth
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Featuring an expansive open-concept living and dining space, the oversized windows and light-colored fixtures throughout the home create a light and airy atmosphere.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

While this is Wakefield's first final and the same for many of their players, like coach Powell a select few have sampled the unique atmosphere of Old Trafford for Super League's showpiece event.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The 18 large leaks Buckley mentioned fixing account for more than 142,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide prevented from entering the atmosphere, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Healthy peat is the country's biggest carbon store but when damaged it releases planet-warming greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Capuano believed these winds were caused by the movement of the spheres being transmitted to the upper atmosphere.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

"Gas giants like Jupiter must assemble their massive atmospheres while the disk is still substantial enough to supply them, before winds and jets carry that raw material away into space."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 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

Kavinsky was a defining act of the Paris electronic scene of the 2000s and 2010s, whose neon-smeared synths and noirish atmospheres lent themselves to L.A. freeways and Montmartre nightclubs alike.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

He and his colleagues also plan to use the model to search for additional rocky worlds with atmospheres.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

The pressure had dropped to 0.9 atmospheres during my little experiment.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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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