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Recent Examples of metallic
To match the metallic color of the dress, Ortega went with white gold diamond jewelry and a silver necklace.
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Madeline Dangmann, Glamour, 6 May 2025
Their metallic studs and leather criss-crossing straps channel elements of Stewart’s pair, while the 2.75-inch platform wooden heel, adjustable ankle clasp, and rubber sole make for a fit that’s cute and cushy.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 6 May 2025
Advani’s dress has a large gold metallic heart on the chest with what looks like an umbilical cord attached to a small gold heart on the black stretch fabric on her stomach.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 5 May 2025
If a gold or platinum rim is desired, it’s now painted on in a thin black line that a second firing renders metallic.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2025
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Madeline Dangmann, Glamour, 6 May 2025
Their metallic studs and leather criss-crossing straps channel elements of Stewart’s pair, while the 2.75-inch platform wooden heel, adjustable ankle clasp, and rubber sole make for a fit that’s cute and cushy.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 6 May 2025
Advani’s dress has a large gold metallic heart on the chest with what looks like an umbilical cord attached to a small gold heart on the black stretch fabric on her stomach.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 5 May 2025
If a gold or platinum rim is desired, it’s now painted on in a thin black line that a second firing renders metallic.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metallic
Adjective
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Their bathroom floor also pooled with water after showering, and noise from other apartments, like the shrill beeps of a low-battery smoke detector next door, carried through the paper-thin walls.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
22 Apr. 2025
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As such, The Studio is shrill and talky, its chaotic scenes sparked by random performers like Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Polley, all of whom want something from Remick.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And during Francis’s papacy, the Vatican itself made strident efforts to cross geopolitical divides, devoting particular diplomatic attention to China.—
VICTOR GAETAN,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Apr. 2025
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Perino, 52, is among the less strident Republican voices on Fox News.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The defending champions are now in real danger of being eliminated with the next two games at a raucous Madison Square Garden.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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Newsrooms then were raucous places, filled with loud voices, the constant clacking of typewriters, cigarette smoke and big, colorful personalities.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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The creatively dissonant effort drove a nearly 10% month-over-month increase in store brand sales and a 12% increase across the category; expanded 7-Eleven’s in-house creative agency, producing campaigns faster and cheaper, all while also reducing plastic bag usage by 37%.—
Seth Matlins,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The book cover, showing a happy couple on a beach accompanied by a dog with a stick in its mouth, seems cheerily dissonant.—
Julio Ojeda-Zapata,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has attracted a lot of attention for his raspy voice, which results from a neurological voice disorder called spasmodic dysphonia.—
Indu Subramanian,
The Conversation,
1 May 2025
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His raspy vocals float over the piano keys and soft drums.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For young children explicit content can be quite upsetting, shocking, and jarring.—
Michaeleen Doucleff,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2025
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The most jarring and overlooked illustration of the CCP's pervasive influence and investment is mere miles off the southeast coast of the U.S. in the Caribbean islands.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Miz, often derided as a wrestler for his flamboyant and grating onscreen personality, is few people’s idea of a WrestleMania main-event talent, so his win makes the 27th event stand out as kind of an oddity.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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His political opponents viewed him as grating, uncooperative, and at times dogmatic.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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While the noisy cicadas are harmless to people and don’t sting or bite, periodical cicadas can be concentrated and very numerous in some spots.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
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The Frigidaire delivers in many categories, but the shelf adjustments are limited, the fridge was noisier than average, and the temperature was inconsistent, leading to frozen items in the refrigerated section.—
Alice Knisley Matthias,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 May 2025
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“Metallic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metallic. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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