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  • noun Plural form of sky.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sky.

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Examples

  • Whether rivals believe the numbers or not, the newest of six airlines in the Indian skies is showing signs of breaking away from the pack.

    How Rahul Bhatia Found IndiGo Gold Cuckoo Paul 2010

  • Whatever the ultimate reason for the Dymaxion's fall from grace, Fuller's magnificently optimistic fusion of architecture and invention never did fly? either from showrooms or in skies above America.

    Norman Foster's back-to-front car Jonathan Glancey 2010

  • Whether rivals believe the numbers or not, the newest of six airlines in the Indian skies is showing signs of breaking away from the pack.

    How Rahul Bhatia Found IndiGo Gold Cuckoo Paul 2010

  • So, no reading books, no knitting, no internet, no phones, no TV ... obviously the TSA's grand plan for preventing terrorist attacks in the skies is to BORE the terrorists to death.

    Do new post-pantsbomber TSA security directives kill inflight WiFi? (UPDATED) Boing Boing 2009

  • The relationship therefore goes south when the project to watch the skies is closed down and Alice has a chance to be "normal" again.

    REVIEW: 2007 Nebula Award Short Fiction Nominees 2008

  • The long-delayed lunar explorer separated from the rocket in skies near Chile about 45 minutes after lift off.

    Japan’s Lunar “Princess” Shoots For The Moon | Impact Lab 2007

  • WorldNetDaily: Air Force colonel reports lights 'not of this world': In the wake of reports of unidentified objects flying over Chicago's O'Hare Airport, a retired Air Force pilot has his own mystery with a rash of bright, colorful lights he photographed hovering in skies over western Arkansas last week.

    Archive 2007-01-14 Bill Crider 2007

  • Weather: A cycle of short snows and shredded blue skies is rolling over us.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Michael Evans 2006

  • Weather: A cycle of short snows and shredded blue skies is rolling over us.

    View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006

  • He would take to the skies from a small airfield in Montgomery County, honing his skills and entertaining his friends.

    Hodges, David L. 1990

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