cloud cover

noun

: a mass of clouds
The moon was hidden behind a thick cloud cover.

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In my experience, an intermittent cloud cover can actually add to a blood moon’s spookiness. Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025 Friday, February 14, will be breezy with a thick cloud cover, featuring a high of 27 degrees and a low of 21 degrees. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025 Gass said that stretch is likely to end there, thanks to the cloud cover that is expected to build into Thursday as the storm system moves closer. Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025 Viewing conditions will remain ideal throughout the rest of January (providing there isn’t cloud cover). Gretchen Rundorff, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cloud cover

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“Cloud cover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloud%20cover. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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