as in variety
a wide range or assortment
The ice cream shop offers a rainbow of flavors.
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as in colorful
marked by a variety of usually vivid colors
the rainbow costumes worn by mummers at Mardi Gras
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Recent Examples of rainbow
Samantha Conti, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, Millais’ The Blind Girl (1856) depicts a young woman and her younger sister sitting in a lush meadow, two rainbows curved across the sky behind them.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2022
Siwa added even more rainbow pizazz to the ensemble with her denim vest.
—Seventeen, 7 June 2022
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Noun
Cortina’s pajamas are made from Italian organic cotton with turn-back cuffs, and have been dyed and piped to his specifications in a rainbow of colors including blue, mint and orchid pink.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, Millais’ The Blind Girl (1856) depicts a young woman and her younger sister sitting in a lush meadow, two rainbows curved across the sky behind them.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Kenny shares a selfie on Facebook with a rainbow view above the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2022
Siwa added even more rainbow pizazz to the ensemble with her denim vest.
—Seventeen, 7 June 2022
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O’Grady gained notice in the arts world after working in a variety of other roles, including as a research economist and a rock critic.Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Cumulus clouds appear in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, often recognized as the classic fluffy, white clouds that dot the sky.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Published on December 22, 2024 Photo : Paul Barnaby The home is introduced via a gated courtyard hosting a colorful Hunt Slonem rabbit scupture and a couple of bright red Cracking Art meerkats.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2024
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Take in the beauty of creative floats, colorful costumes, and live music from high school marching bands.Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
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The 2024 ornament depicts the mosaics and mural at the top of the dome, which many visitors and school groups photograph or admire while laying down on the floor of the rotunda.Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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In the years that followed, as Johnson’s work took different forms—videos, sculptures, mosaics, and eventually paintings on canvas—the constant element in all of it was a play of ideas.Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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But the amount of verification varied from unit to unit, according to at least eight officers.Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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While there are plenty of no-name carbon copy trainers and NPCs scattered throughout Pokémon, the characters that are part of the story tend to be wildly varied, with no two major characters being all that alike.Oliver Brandt, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Rainbow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainbow. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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