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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of the stratosphere.
  • adjective Extremely or unreasonably high.

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  • adjective of or relating to the stratosphere
  • adjective by extension unusually or unreasonably high

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Examples

  • The territoire replicated in stratospheric Tibet and in the arid west.

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • The territoire replicated in stratospheric Tibet and in the arid west.

    Prunings XXXIV 2007

  • Not a single executive conceded any significant error in their use of bailout funds, overseeing mortgages or dealing with credit card holders, though Mack did concede a strategic corporate stumble shared by many institutions, namely the stratospheric leverage he'd operated under (32 times assets) during the heady days of easy money.

    James Warren: Bankers on the Hill 2009

  • Ultraviolet radiation is largely absorbed in the stratosphere, where it combines with ozone molecules to form what is known as stratospheric ozone.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • City are thought to have lodged a £25 million bid for the England (AP) - Samuel Eto'o looks set to snub Manchester City's "stratospheric" offer for the Manchester City have made a '' stratospheric '' offer to sign

    WN.com - Articles related to Aerosmith's Joe Perry Rocks Solo 2009

  • A proposal known as stratospheric aerosol insertion suggests that chemicals - sulfur dioxide, in this case - sprayed into the Earth's nearest atmospheric levels could bind with other chemicals to reflect sunlight from the Earth.

    FOXNews.com 2009

  • Clive Black at Shore Capital described the £1. 1bn price tag as "stratospheric".

    Ocado stock market flotation '80% subscribed' with one day to deadline 2010

  • Then there also is a question of India's ability to control the kind of stratospheric growth it's experiencing, which is why it comes as no surprise that inflationary concerns loom.

    India Or Bust Richard Kang 2010

  • Earlier this week, Clive Black, of Shore Capital, described the price tag as "stratospheric".

    Ocado optimistic despite Fairfield Energy's abandoned flotation 2010

  • That is down significantly from the "stratospheric" numbers the president enjoyed here a year ago, he said.

    Oregon Rookie Republicans Get Boost 2010

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