clouds

Cultural  

1. Particles of water or ice suspended in the air. (See cirrus clouds, cumulus clouds, nimbus clouds, and stratus clouds.)

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Example Sentences

Scientists from the University of Copenhagen have now identified what these objects are, uncovering extreme cosmic activity hidden inside dense clouds of ionized gas.

From Science Daily

They are of the same era—fanciful and fantastical embodiments of the enterprise, leisure and sense of possibility America was placing on offer, despite the decade of Depression and war’s looming storm clouds.

From The Wall Street Journal

Theories include changes to clouds and tiny particles called aerosols, which appear to be reflecting less of the Sun's energy back into space.

From BBC

Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the researchers detected vast clouds of extremely hot gas erupting from both sides of the galaxy.

From Science Daily

Asteroids, comets, and larger bodies crash into one another, sometimes sticking together and slowly transforming clouds of dust and ice into planets and moons.

From Science Daily

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