the ether

noun

: the sky

The balloon disappeared into the ether.

plucked an answer out of the ether

—used especially when describing electronic signals that travel through the air

broadcasting radio signals into the ether

sent a message over/through the ether

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Thanks to some toy leaks, Plaza's Death was already out in the ether. —

Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024 The concept of the two major satellite players coming together has been in the ether for years. —

Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024 Ganger is full of enjambment and ellipses, ideas competing with one another or allowed to drift into the ether, each of them odder and more specific than the last. —

Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024 The political will for new vegan technologies and anti-cruelty policies does not come miraculously from the ether but requires building a critical mass of people committed to a world without animal exploitation. —

Jishnu Guha-Majumdar, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the ether