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IN THE AIR
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
On everybody's mind
Example:
Christmas was in the air
Synonyms:
in everyone's thoughts; in the air
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Context examples:
Particles in the air from fires and toxic fumes can damage your eyes and respiratory system.
(Inhalation Injuries, Environmental Protection Agency)
There now came a sharp whistling in the air from the south, and as they turned their eyes that way they saw ripples in the grass coming from that direction also.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
There was a smell of stale vegetables in the air.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But he threw quilts and pillows up in the air, got out and said: “Now anyone who likes, may drive,” and lay down by his fire, and slept till it was day.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Change is in the air, and it appears you are ready to take on more responsibility.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I felt my box raised very high in the air, and then borne forward with prodigious speed.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Again Holmes raved in the air.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
PM is the term for a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air, and PM2.5 refers to fine inhalable particles, with diameters that are generally 2.5 micrometers or smaller.
(Pregnancy hypertension risk increased by traffic-related air pollution, National Institutes of Health)
Although Caudipteryx is in the same evolutionary group as birds and other theropods, it lived millions of years after flying dinosaurs, such as Archaeopteryx, were already in the air.
(Scientific study suggests dinosaurs flapped their wings as they ran, Wikinews)
Fine particles in the air are made of microscopic solids and liquid droplets that are so small that they can be inhaled and cause serious health problems.
(Combatting epigenetic effects from outdoor air pollution, NIH)
