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ether

[ee-ther] / ˈi θər /
ADJECTIVE
empyrean
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Most of the time it feels like I’m just talking into the ether.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 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

The orchestral sound comes out of a hidden pit as though from the ether.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

I think of all my letters, all those memories and clever anecdotes, gone into the ether.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

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

This shift pointed to the formation of alcohols, carboxylates, ethers, and carbonyls.

From Science Daily Dec. 31, 2025

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 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

The acid and its salts and ethers find numerous applications as antiseptics, for the preservation of food, and in pharmacy.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Raphael Meldola




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