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as in crystal
easily seen through
bottles of blue transparent glass
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as in clear
not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation
his meaning in leaving the conversation is transparent: he doesn't want to talk about his combat experiences
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as in sheer
very thin and easy to see through
flowy summer dresses made partly of chiffon or other transparent fabrics
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Recent Examples of transparent
Debt settlement companies must be transparent about the risks of their programs, including the potential impact to your credit score.
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Kat Tretina, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The conversation highlighted the fine line between personalization and intrusion, with speakers stressing that dealerships must be transparent about data usage and provide customers with control over their information.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
As this creamy serum turns into a transparent veil on your skin, its combination of hyaluronic acid and sunflower oil attracts and locks in moisture to leave even the driest of skin feeling baby-soft.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 4 Apr. 2025
This process, after all, would create both lasting progress toward fiscal responsibility and transparent accountability for past waste and abuse of government funds.
—Will Hopkins, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2025
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Kat Tretina, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The conversation highlighted the fine line between personalization and intrusion, with speakers stressing that dealerships must be transparent about data usage and provide customers with control over their information.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
As this creamy serum turns into a transparent veil on your skin, its combination of hyaluronic acid and sunflower oil attracts and locks in moisture to leave even the driest of skin feeling baby-soft.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 4 Apr. 2025
This process, after all, would create both lasting progress toward fiscal responsibility and transparent accountability for past waste and abuse of government funds.
—Will Hopkins, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transparent
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Dive your way around the island Courtesy of the Curaçao Tourist Board With more than 70 dive sites, crystal blue water, vibrant coral, and unique biodiversity, Curaçao is a haven for scuba divers.—
Curaçao Tourist Board,
AFAR Media,
26 Feb. 2025
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The skirt alone contains 190,000 crystal sequin and rhinestone embellishments, giving the entire piece a sweeping dress as Grande moves.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
2 Mar. 2025
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With these women having formidable 400-meter performances, there was no clear sign of who would reign victorious.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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To historian Bartlett, the patriotism of the Triple Nickles was clear.—
Sabrina Clay,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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But sheer athleticism won’t turn him into a celebrity, and his demeanor doesn’t endear him to people—Majors plays Maddox as a sullen and tightly wound outcast whose environment shapes his isolation.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
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But the sheer volume of options in our modern world—especially in digital spheres such as online shopping, streaming services and mobile applications—can overcome the satisfaction of making these choices.—
Uriel Maslansky,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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In 2024, Berkshire sold $134 billion in equities and was sitting on a record $334 billion pile of cash, Treasury bills, and other liquid assets at the end of the year.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
9 Apr. 2025
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Weeds that linger or grow at other times can be controlled with liquid products following label instructions for St. Augustine.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
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The crony character of protectionism becomes obvious when examining the labyrinthine incoherence of U.S. trade policy.—
David B. McGarry,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2025
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Find the right dog kennel site This may seem obvious, but good site selection can mean the difference between a single workday and an entire holiday weekend.—
Patrick Brady,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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Courtesy of Alabaster Cavern Alabaster Caverns State Park Oklahoma Alabaster is a white, translucent mineral lighter and softer than marble, formed after an inland sea evaporated.—
Pat Tompkins,
AFAR Media,
4 Apr. 2025
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There are plucky steamed chive dumplings with translucent skin, meatball-like shumai teeming with pork, chicken or shrimp, green tea sesame balls (each $1.50 apiece) with Wicked-green dough surrounding sweet black paste.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacbee.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The economic case for implementing those other policies is more straightforward than the case for tariffs.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Those are the more straightforward solutions, according to Dr. Teitelbaum, but more extreme asymmetry can require performing completely different procedures on each side, usually a custom combination of augmentation, breast lift, breast lift with fat transfer, and/or reduction.—
Nicola Dall'Asen,
Allure,
7 Apr. 2025
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In 1932 Chicago police raided an apparent summit meeting of gangsters, and arrested Lansky and five others on vagrancy charges.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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As a result, the union met with Carr on Monday in apparent hopes that Carr, who has promised tight scrutiny of the merger, uses his muscle to achieve measures that protect workers.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Transparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transparent. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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