upper air
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of upper air
First recorded in 1875–80
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And those wave changes in the upper air knock the polar vortex out of its place and toward the United States, Cohen said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
“The upper air observing program remains a key contributor to our analyses, model data assimilation, and for our forecasters’ situational awareness,” she said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
She could see nothing, but heard a distant rumble from the upper air.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2019
These delightful pieces end up transcending their constraints and become tales of pure information, occupying the rarified upper air where we also find Borges’s “Pierre Menard” and Nabokov’s “Pale Fire.”
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2019
Smokes were pouring from it, and while those that rose into the upper air trailed away eastward, great rolling clouds floated down its sides and spread over the land.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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