cloud cover
Americannoun
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a covering of clouds over all or part of the sky.
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the fraction of sky covered by clouds.
Etymology
Origin of cloud cover
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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That can create a feedback: warming reduces some cloud cover, which allows more sunlight in, which produces still more warming.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Sentinel-1 is especially valuable for monitoring remote glaciers because its radar instruments can collect observations both day and night and can see through cloud cover.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
The discovery could have important implications for cloud cover, how much sunlight is reflected back into space, and how the Arctic responds to future climate change.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
The third-largest Channel Island had some of the best views of the eclipse in the British Isles, despite some cloud cover.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
By late morning, seams began to open in the cloud cover.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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