How to Use ether in a Sentence

ether

noun
Definition of ethernext
  • Bitcoin and ether are the two leading cryptocurrencies.
    — Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Creative collaboration was what put humans on the moon and what still keeps us in the digital ether.
    — Fortune, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The names of potential replacement candidates are already swirling through the ether and many of them are intriguing.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 21 Jan. 2021
  • His ideas seemed to come to him from out of the ether, with no foundation in facts, analysis, or underlying philosophy.
    — Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Other cryptocurrencies that declined Tuesday, such as ether, also gained.
    — Will Horner, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The ideas, that was what really mattered, at the end of the day, coming out through that screen, smashing into the ones in his own mind, turning it into magic from the raw ether.
    — Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, Wired, 13 Nov. 2020
  • But ether, the second largest cryptocurrency by market value, is also gaining mainstream appeal.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 21 Feb. 2021
  • On-demand content always seems to exist in a vague ether, floating in time and space, especially as the length of time between now and the old normalcy starts to increase.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The very concept of a career trajectory was challenged as jobs in certain industries quite literally disappeared into the ether.
    — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The brand which typically ethers into streetwear and athleisure territory has been excelling at offering elevated menswear staples as of late.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 28 May 2024
  • Suggest that your friends go outside immediately after the game to either light off sparklers and air hug in celebration or scream into the ether and commiserate (from a distance).
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 5 Feb. 2021
  • Hunt wondered how many times this request had been spoken into the ether, and how many times it would be allowed to go unanswered before the attendant battle group—which seemed to be drawing ever closer—took action.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 26 Jan. 2021
  • The worst-kept secret on the Southside is now out and in the ether.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Lazy or not, the soufflé was as light as ether just the same.
    — Samin Nosrat, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2018
  • More important are the ones and zeroes, the dance of the ether.
    — Mark Ewing, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
  • There's a long list that's seeped out into the ether: Don't tax the wealthy.
    — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Bitcoin is built on the bitcoin blockchain and ether is built on the ethereum blockchain.
    — CBS News, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Bitcoin is built on the, well, bitcoin blockchain; ether is built on the ethereum blockchain.
    — Thalia Beaty, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2022
  • All that time was passing, and there was this thing floating there in the ether.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Just a whiff of ether is enough to make one feel drowsy, and a little more can knock you out.
    — Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2013
  • The name floats in the ether, now, alongside Cale Makar’s, put there by Wayne Gretzky.
    — New York Times, 17 June 2022
  • Only the essence of their existence now floats around in the ethers of our mind.
    — Jerry Davich, Post-Tribune, 19 May 2017
  • Take ether, the in-house currency for the Ethereum network.
    — Paul Vigna, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2018
  • But Krygier doesn't mind if the postcard's been lost in the ether.
    — CNN, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The change should be seamless for people who hold ether.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The tweets go out into the ether and dissipate like fog.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 14 Dec. 2019
  • Will all this drama play out face-to-face now, or fade into the ether?
    — Steve Rushin, SI.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • While the ethereum blockchain itself was not hacked, some $50 million in ether was stolen.
    — Thalia Beaty, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2022
  • His notebooks and sketchpads brim over with words and phrases pulled out of the ether.
    — Mark Rozzo, Vanities, 30 May 2018
  • Prices for goods nearly doubled—and so did the percentage of Turks who owned bitcoin, ether, and other currencies.
    — Leif Wenar, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024

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