ethereal
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Ms. Margulis recalls her studies at a music conservatory, steeped as it was in the view that music operated “in some ethereal realm,” pure and detached from the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
“The way democracy hits them is they want to have a better life, and there’s nothing wrong with talking to people about the cost-of-living crisis. That’s not smaller than talking about ethereal democracy ideas.”
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
You’ve seen a couple hundred of them by the time you hit second or third grade, so you become familiar with the muted ethereal glow, the heavenly gaze and the look of piety.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
And she looked just as ethereal tonight on the red carpet in an incredibly voluminous peplum-skirted dress.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
The light from the sky reflects off of the ethereal sword, and the inscriptions glow like they’re powered by rainbows.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing ethereal
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