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Recent Examples of metallic
The 850-square-foot home opened into a small foyer, which Posey lined with a dark metallic patterned wallpaper.
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Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2025
In the first official image, Earle poses poolside in a teeny-tiny knit bikini with metallic straps.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Her makeup was a soft glam look, with a light metallic eyeshadow and a coordinating bold red lipstick that matched her bright red manicure perfectly.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Forget the traditional metallic aviator and pilot designs this spring.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
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Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2025
In the first official image, Earle poses poolside in a teeny-tiny knit bikini with metallic straps.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Her makeup was a soft glam look, with a light metallic eyeshadow and a coordinating bold red lipstick that matched her bright red manicure perfectly.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Forget the traditional metallic aviator and pilot designs this spring.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metallic
Adjective
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Then there are the vitriolic anonymous posts that take on the shrill tone and tenor of a schoolyard back and forth.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2025
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Shakespeare’s play assumes the shrieks and shrill cries of a B-movie.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The giveaway begins with conservative Cardinal Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto, so great in Marco Bellocchio’s My Mother’s Smile but strident here, away from Bellocchio’s complex virtuoso ambivalence).—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 Feb. 2025
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Fundamentalist Protestantism has emerged as a strident, controversial voice in South Korean conservative politics.—
ROBERT E. KELLY,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn and Jay Ellis co star in this raucous LSD-like trip from two filmmakers who know this turf and that era ever so well – Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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In any event Marshall, a craven idiot, is a raucous, vulgar sendup of the bedrock American principle of Manifest Destiny.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ pristine, industrial synth-forward score adds a fittingly dissonant soundscape with melodies that blossom once the pair’s relationship takes shape.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2025
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His first two albums, the glitter-rave of Osama Season and the starkly dissonant Flex Musix, were entirely solo except for the beatmakers.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The outsider with a raspy voice and big brain is a breath of fresh air no matter how many stories come out about dead bears and brain worms.—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
18 Feb. 2025
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His voice was raspy, while things like talking and swallowing were painful.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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My lifestyle was far from healthy, but the sudden shift to remote work was jarring.—
Tania Navarro,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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The most jarring stat of all in favor of a reload is the fact the Islanders haven’t won a postseason series following a full 82-game regular season since the spring of 2019.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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His political opponents viewed him as grating, uncooperative, and at times dogmatic.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2024
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Find it on Amazon Save Dishes With This Hand Grater This Hand Grater has three grating surfaces, a non-slip base, measurements, and a vegetable peeler.—
Hannah Rice,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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To fix a noisy box spring, add sturdy material, such as thick cardboard or a thin piece of plywood in between the box spring and mattress.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2025
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Despite being a man down, Ruben Amorim’s side were relatively comfortable in the second half as a noisy Old Trafford crowd enjoyed a win that increased the gap between the two teams to 16 points.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Metallic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metallic. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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