firmament

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Singer Ari Lennox operates in a challenging middle-ground in the R&B firmament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Still, his place in the basketball firmament was long since secured.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

An appeal for new designs produced unusual ideas, including a glass roof, a green "eco-roof", a massive flame instead of a spire, and a spire topped by a vertical laser shooting into the firmament.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024

Shirley MacLaine, a longtime star in the movie-world firmament, opens up her personal photo gallery to the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

He made motions like tying strings into bundles, then tacked them to the firmament above him in the same way garlands were hung at the festivals in Mologa.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack