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a region of activity, knowledge, or influence a major figure in the classical music firmament
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Recent Examples of firmament Now, 23 years later, Art Basel and the surrounding bacchanalia of Miami Art Week are firmly ensconced, even if the contemporary art market has been in the doldrums, and the city seems to have secured its place in the art firmament – at least in December. —
Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025 Forgetting Derry’s communal traumas is as much a part of the town’s firmament as the scenic canals, the nearby Air Force base where Charlotte’s hubby Leroy (Jovan Adepo) has been newly posted, and the dilapidated house at 29 Neibolt Street. —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025 This is about an important position within the firmament of government. —Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025 Probably nobody really took it that personally, but all the victory laps she’s been taking over the last two years felt incomplete — like a lap-ette — without a proper major SoCal show to celebrate her ascendance into the pop firmament. —Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for firmament
Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025 Forgetting Derry’s communal traumas is as much a part of the town’s firmament as the scenic canals, the nearby Air Force base where Charlotte’s hubby Leroy (Jovan Adepo) has been newly posted, and the dilapidated house at 29 Neibolt Street. —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025 This is about an important position within the firmament of government. —Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025 Probably nobody really took it that personally, but all the victory laps she’s been taking over the last two years felt incomplete — like a lap-ette — without a proper major SoCal show to celebrate her ascendance into the pop firmament. —Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for firmament
Recent Examples of Synonyms for firmament
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Not everybody thinks the sky is falling.— Mike McFeely, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
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When the drizzle calls for noodles, Yoroshiku delivers a steaming bowl of ramen that pairs perfectly with gray skies.— Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
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The research would have to extend into the professional realm to deepen these burgeoning understandings of how the dark facets of ourselves operate, suggesting even the necessity of the shadow as that might be directing our career choices through the world.— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
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The shift is moving medical debt collections into a less regulated realm.— Noam N. Levey, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
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Standing at 6ft 4in (194cm), Muriqi is a terrifying presence in the penalty area.— Thom Harris, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
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India wants to diversify its sourcing away from China in these sectors, Malik said, adding that shipbuilding and automotive steel are further areas of interest to India.— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
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In these domains, teleoperation and UMI methods remain essential.— Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
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For complex domains like legal services or healthcare, defining and tracking output quality is far harder.— Michael Jacobides, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
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It’s broken up into elements water, fire, earth and void.— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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One element certainly different is Hollywood itself.— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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But Fox News Digital learned that a former athletics department administrator reluctantly accepted a voluntary retirement package, and then Berdo was hired shortly thereafter.— Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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That would be Cameron Foster, the longtime NFL agent who last year signed a one-year deal with UW to serve as its athletic department’s senior director of contracts and cap management.— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Financial experts say even if the ceasefire holds and the Strait of Hormuz is reopened, the lingering effects of its closure will be felt in the economic sphere for months to come.— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
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As Holocaust memory is increasingly contested in the public sphere and the trauma of the Holocaust is joined by other tragedies for the Jews, Rosensaft’s vision has grown uncertain.— Stewart Ain, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
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McIlroy followed his first-round 67 with a second-round 65 on Friday and stands 12-under 132 — six shots clear of the field.— Stan Awtrey, AJC.com, 11 Apr. 2026
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Carson Benge bobbled a ball in left field, turning a leadoff single into a double for Jacob Wilson, and former Mets utilityman Jeff McNeil sent him home with a single.— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
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