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ether

[ee-ther] / ˈi θər /
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empyrean
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Kalshi provided data drawn from trading activity on Crypto.com’s prediction market showing some orders for contracts betting on the prices of ether and bitcoin also fell into regularly-sized tranches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

"The thought of all that money, all that time that I've saved up, that excitement completely vanishing into the ether, it was terrifying," he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Users go to AI bots for everything from recipes to life and relationship advice, even forming one-sided platonic or romantic relationships with the ones and zeroes that make up this digital ether behind a screen.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

That contrasts with ether, where funding is negative — suggesting short sellers are willing to pay to maintain bearish positions.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

Not incidentally, it also solved the problem of the luminiferous ether by making it clear that it didn’t exist.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Their proliferation might not affect the sheer number of bitcoins, ethers and other tokens, but some investors thought their arrival has dented bitcoin’s appeal as a scarce asset.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

Other EDCs of concern include organophosphate ethers, benzotriazoles, and PBDEs, all of which are used to make plastic products fire- and light-resistant.

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2024

The researchers tested many crown ethers in this study to improve the stability of perovskite solar cells.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024

The research found the levels of banned PBDEs, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers, in breast milk have declined some 70% over the past two decades.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

Further experiments are wanting on this subject to show whether metallic bodies emit either or both of the electric ethers at the time of their solution or erosion in acids or in alcalies.

From The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes by Erasmus Darwin




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