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atmosphere

[at-muhs-feer] / ˈæt məsˌfɪər /
NOUN
gases around the earth
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Those include cluster munitions and warheads that split up upon re-entry into the atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

They wanted to recreate the grain, texture and atmosphere of those archival images, while shifting the point of view from outsider to subject.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

But there was a new atmosphere in the room.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

This refers to the difference between energy entering the region from the Sun, atmosphere, and ocean and infrared energy escaping back into space.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Jefferson had used the phrase “the Terrorism of the day” to describe the supercharged atmosphere of the late 1790s.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Their UV spectra contain fingerprints of chemical elements in their atmospheres while also revealing details about the stellar winds carrying material away from their surfaces.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Willets focuses on DJ and experiential atmospheres, rather than live music venues and locales.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

A lot of us have worked for employers that try to create family or party-like atmospheres in one way or another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

They sing constantly and have generated the best atmospheres I have encountered in the US.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

She hadn’t heard of odes or atmospheres before, but as she worked through the pages, these creatures took up residence in her mind.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Eric Ambler led a school during the United Front period of the '30s with wonderfully atmosphered thrillers in which the heroes, or their allies, were Soviet security men.

From Time Magazine Archive

It had atmosphered itself with rich perfume, and something far richer, for three thousand miles.

From Among the Forces by Henry White Warren

Not after all the other new Earths, freezing cold or methane atmosphered or at best completely waterless.

From The First Day of Spring by Mari Wolf

Or rather, it left its ghosts behind it, ever shifting forms and shadows, each atmosphered in its own ethereal mood.

From Weighed and Wanting by George MacDonald




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