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skyline

[skahy-lahyn] / ˈskaɪˌlaɪn /
NOUN
sky and earth line
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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The club features a private golf course, a clubhouse modeled on a Mediterranean villa, and a swimming pool with bayfront views of the Miami skyline.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

From their vantage point on Calton Hill the eclipse took place right above the Edinburgh skyline.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Sea, sand, spiked skyline, and mountains meet in one widescreen.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

And the unfettered skyline view, which could soon be lost.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

I’d spent most of my early life in the crumbling east end of the city, surrounded by urban decay and concrete waste where the skyline looked like a ruined mouth of rotted teeth.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

“A city can be booming and unaffordable at the same time. It can have ever-expanding skylines while its people live ever-shrinking lives. We are not going to pretend that that’s good enough.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

As land values surged and horizontal growth became constrained, elevators and downtowns together climbed vertically from the steel-frame towers of the late 19th century to the glass supertalls that shape today’s skylines.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 2026

The movie opens with a bird’s-eye view of Los Angeles’ picturesque skylines, reservoirs and grassy hillsides before the bold-faced title appears, accompanied by ominous music courtesy of legendary composer John Williams.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2025

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published two studies Thursday about the health impacts of the smoke, which shrouded city skylines with an orange haze in late spring.

From Seattle Times Aug. 24, 2023

Behind them we can see the skylines of the other four districts through enormous windows.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

He is skylined on the hill above us, facing us from 184 yards away.

From Time Magazine Archive



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