carmine

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carmine
Adjective
  • The design—distinguished by its signature splashes of crimson red—feels personal and polished.
    Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Though Ross, originally played in the movies by William Hurt until his death in 2022, sports a crimson look when hulked-out rather than the normal green hue.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Two of nature’s most dazzling phenomena overlapped during a narrow window on March 13, 2025, when totality — the period when the lunar surface turns a reddish color — lasted just 65 minutes.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The moon has a tendency to turn a reddish hue when covered by the Earth's shadow, hence the quirky nickname.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In between walking red carpets and attending charity events together, the pair welcomed two children, daughters Evangeline Ruth and Elijah.
    Ellie Beeck, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Music’s biggest night returns to Los Angeles on Sunday, and along with it, one of Hollywood’s grandest red carpets.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • The company’s new Aura glasses ($385) change from cool blue to purple, ruby, and even crystal clear with the tap of a finger.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Trump won Missouri by 18.5 percentage points and 15.4 percentage points in 2016 and 2020, respectively, solidifying the state’s transformation from perennial bellwether to ruby-red bastion with a grassroots Republican base that is very supportive of the 45th president.
    David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2021
Adjective
  • In Viñales, limestone knolls, or mogotes, emerge from the valley's bloodred earth like upturned loaves.
    Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This flare was both preceded and followed by incredible bloodred auroral displays that engulfed the planet from the poles to the tropics.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2012
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“Carmine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carmine. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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