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  • noun Plural form of heaven.
  • noun The sky.
  • interjection An expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration.

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  • noun the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected

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Examples

  • When in 1846 Le Verrier announced the existence of a planet hitherto unseen, and when he assigned it its exact position in the heavens, and declared that it shone like a star of the eighth magnitude, and with a perceptible disc, _not an astronomer of France, and scarce an astronomer in Europe, had sufficient faith in the prediction to prompt him to point his telescope to the heavens_.

    Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Robert Patterson 1857

  • a third of Gods planets in the heavens the heavens  that we know of through such things as the Hubble telescope and other space travels by  NASA. and there landings on planet mars and moons, etc&el. of course the world which hates God, the world meaning the people on it

    Recent Activity 2010

  • a third of Gods planets in the heavens the heavens  that we know of through such things as the Hubble telescope and other space travels by  NASA. and there landings on planet mars and moons, etc&el. of course the world which hates God, the world meaning the people on it

    Recent Activity 2010

  • I have to come now - have to find out what in heavens is a lomographic performance and yes - what's a wayang buku performance ...

    KLued Up Sharon Bakar 2006

  • I wondered out loud, What in heavens is poke? and another shopper answered, Don't you know that old song, Poke Salad Annie?

    A Veggie Venture 2005

  • I wondered out loud, What in heavens is poke? and another shopper answered, Don't you know that old song, Poke Salad Annie?

    A Veggie Venture 2005

  • I wondered out loud, What in heavens is poke? and another shopper answered, Don't you know that old song, Poke Salad Annie?

    A Veggie Venture 2005

  • I wondered out loud, What in heavens is poke? and another shopper answered, Don't you know that old song, Poke Salad Annie?

    Poke Sallet ♥ | A Veggie Venture 2005

  • I wondered out loud, What in heavens is poke? and another shopper answered, Don't you know that old song, Poke Salad Annie?

    A Veggie Venture 2005

  • I wondered out loud, What in heavens is poke? and another shopper answered, Don't you know that old song, Poke Salad Annie?

    A Veggie Venture 2005

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