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ether

[ee-ther] / ˈi θər /
ADJECTIVE
empyrean
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The coins served as collateral the hackers used to borrow almost 20,000 ether, worth about $44.6 million at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Most of the time it feels like I’m just talking into the ether.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

But when Kore-eda’s execution isn’t as assured, as is the case with his latest, all that delicacy simply floats off into the ether, rarely amounting to much more than a halfhearted shrug.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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

When he woke up in the hospital again, the smell of ether was gone and Dunbar was lying in pajamas in the bed across the aisle maintaining that he was not Dunbar but afortiori.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

The challenging part was finding a way to attach to the photonic chip surface certain ring-shaped molecules known as crown ethers, which can capture specific ions such as lead.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2024

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

This oil is a mixture of ethers, among which "chamomilline," or the valerianate of butyl, predominates.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie


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