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as in spiritual
not composed of matter
that ethereal attribute that every performer should have—charisma
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as in fluffy
resembling air in lightness
the bakery's scrumptious pastries have a wonderfully ethereal consistency
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as in celestial
of, relating to, or suggesting heaven
described as a land of ethereal beauty and tranquility
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Recent Examples of ethereal
There’s nothing quite like this group, whose thrilling vocal sound has been called both ethereal and earthy.
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Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Loftis has his own traumatic history with the town of Widow’s Bay, but remains skeptical until he is scratched by an ethereal creature on a foggy night.
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Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
But the songwriting of Andrews and Edwards was evolving, layering the harder edges with waves of ethereal, sometimes electronic sounds.
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Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
16 June 2026
The herd’s lithe necks drifted above the bush in one ethereal mass, moving like a corps de ballet against a pale blue sky.
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Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
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Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Loftis has his own traumatic history with the town of Widow’s Bay, but remains skeptical until he is scratched by an ethereal creature on a foggy night.
—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
But the songwriting of Andrews and Edwards was evolving, layering the harder edges with waves of ethereal, sometimes electronic sounds.
—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
16 June 2026
The herd’s lithe necks drifted above the bush in one ethereal mass, moving like a corps de ballet against a pale blue sky.
—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
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The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday that practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual movement cannot sue tech giant Cisco over allegations of aiding the Chinese government’s surveillance and torture of the group.
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The 1970s were thick with New Age spiritual fads and movements, from the benign (crystals) to the unspeakably toxic and cultic (Jonestown).
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The office would provide spa-fluffy robes, heated towels, and premium teas.
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Dransfield suspects these fluffy, wispy worlds are probably white or blue, depending on whether the skies there are cloudy — not shades of cotton-candy pink.
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An elusive celestial event is expected to peak later this week, according to astronomy experts.
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Radio telescopes detect naturally occurring radio waves emitted by stars, planets, galaxies and other celestial objects.
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Positioned as a large-scale genre event, the series updates the legendary SFX property with a contemporary political and social edge, with Shun Oguri leading the cast as a detective hunting a seemingly incorporeal killer.
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Christ Jesus’ example shows us how to turn away from material definitions of life by getting to know God as incorporeal divine Life.
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By the end of the movie, even something as natural as daylight has become suffused with a heavenly glow, and the beads of sweat on a dying body sparkle with a beauty that Emily had never been able to find anywhere else in her tragedy of a life.
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Don't forget your in-flight comfort — this heavenly memory foam travel pillow is discounted to just $10.
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In both the real and metaphysical locations of the show, the backgrounds are all painted by hand, something which was pointed out took up a lot of time due to the number of paintings in the show and due to the number of montages.
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In the 18th century Samuel Johnson coined the term metaphysical poets to criticize Donne, John Cleveland, and Abraham Cowley.
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Wonder began releasing records in the mid-eighties as a teen-ager, and his sweet, angelic voice never left him.
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One of her first major events saw Swift in this angelic empire-waist gown, worn to pick up her trophy for Best New Female Vocalist.
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An epic with supernatural and epigenetic overtones, this debut novel looks like a feast of a story.
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Paul Dano is set to star opposite Callum Turner and Margaret Qualley in the remake of 1981 supernatural thriller Possession coming together at Paramount, Deadline can confirm.
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“Ethereal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethereal. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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