as in heavenly
of, relating to, or suggesting heaven
movie scenes depicting life after death are usually accompanied by celestial music
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Recent Examples of celestial
Observers across the South Pacific islands, including Fiji and Tonga, will also catch partial views of this celestial phenomenon.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Lucky people might be able to catch some on New Year’s Eve, but the celestial show will stay active until Jan. 16.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
In May, people in states as far south as Alabama were treated to the celestial show.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
These celestial objects orbit the sun between Jupiter and Neptune and have the characteristics of both asteroids and comets.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Lucky people might be able to catch some on New Year’s Eve, but the celestial show will stay active until Jan. 16.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
In May, people in states as far south as Alabama were treated to the celestial show.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
These celestial objects orbit the sun between Jupiter and Neptune and have the characteristics of both asteroids and comets.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for celestial
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Each pack comes with 10 delicious flavors, including heavenly caramel, cinnamon hazelnut, peanut butter crunch, and more.Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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Gilded touches of gold eyeshadow accentuate the eyes, a touch of light-catching lip gloss enhances your heavenly pout and goddess nails add sparkle to your golden touch.Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
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Lovers bicker back and forth in angelic proclamations.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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In Waves takes audiophiles through angelic soundscapes, club-ready tracks, joyful beats, driving bass, hypnotic toplines and more.Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Murphy is now closing in on 200 senior appearances for Newcastle which isn’t bad, all things considered, and the last blissful month has only served to reinforce an old truism that the best teams are not always formed of the players who glitter most.George Caulkin, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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In that blissful blip between Christmas and New Year’s, things tend to finally slow the hell down.Erica Sloan, SELF, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Celestial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/celestial. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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