variants
or tricolored
as in bicolor
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Recent Examples of tricolor
Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
Pippa is tricolor, with long ears, a distant gaze, and an underbite that, Peacock mentioned, Piper didn’t have.
—Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
Most demonstrators had the flag of Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, around their shoulders or wore its tricolors on accessories.
—Riazat Butt, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party boasts a tricolor flame in its logo evoking a now-defunct movement made up of the political remnants of Benito Mussolini’s fascists.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
Pippa is tricolor, with long ears, a distant gaze, and an underbite that, Peacock mentioned, Piper didn’t have.
—Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Noun
Their cheery tricolor blooms include a mix of purple, yellow, and white hues.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
Most demonstrators had the flag of Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, around their shoulders or wore its tricolors on accessories.
—Riazat Butt, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricolor
Noun
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To foresee is to give too much weight to intuition; foreseeing might be waving a white flag prematurely.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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The Padres seem headed to another competitive season in a 15-team league that serves up six playoff berths, with two or three teams that raise a figurative white flag on Opening Day and a few others that lack the pitching to really go for it.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But their gray world is rich in attributes that might otherwise pale in our trichromatic, million-color world.—
Kanya Kanchana,
Longreads,
15 Oct. 2024
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Helmholtz’s theory was that our vision was trichromatic, based on three fundamental colors: red, green, and blue, which can be combined to make any other color.—
The Lost Women of Science Initiative,
Scientific American,
30 Nov. 2023
Adjective
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In Caroline Absher’s colossal, mostly-dichromatic self-portrait Studio, the artist looks down at the viewer, who crouches or sits beneath her.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
6 May 2022
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Álvaro's subjects were 32 trichromats (a mix of men and women) and 32 dichromatic men (a mix of the green-lacking and red-lacking subtypes).—
Elizabeth Preston,
Discover Magazine,
15 July 2015
Adjective
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Its bicolored glasses were made from Sapphire and Mozambique baguette Ruby while its own earring was fashioned from a yellow diamond.—
Stephanie Hirschmiller,
Forbes,
1 Aug. 2022
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Its bicolored yellowy-orange and pink blooms have a moderate to strong fragrance.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Dec. 2020
Noun
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Each team prepares something special, with full line-ups announced and red, white, and blue bunting hanging from the grandstands.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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On Sunday, black bunting was strewn from the station's sign and across Comperatore's locker.—
Jennifer Pignolet,
USA TODAY,
15 July 2024
Noun
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In line with the Princess of Wales' attire, the Duchess of Edinburgh also donned a blue and red cape over her gown, a nod to the colors of the union jack.—
Roxanne Adamiyatt,
Town & Country,
7 May 2023
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One dessert that stands out from all the cupcakes, cookies and biscuits decorated with crowns and union jacks is the Jack Russel cake, which brings to mind the king and queen consort's two Jack Russell terriers.—
Karina Zaiets,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2023
Adjective
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The matching set also includes straight-leg pants with banded hems, a drawstring waist, and side pockets.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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In the very heart of the plateau, the Ancestral Pueblo people wedged brick dwellings directly into the banded cliffs.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The visiting president released a nearly 2-minute video chronicling his arrival that included shots of the two countries’ flags, U.S. military color guard, and of course, Bukele himself, exiting his plane and into a black SUV, dressed in all black and dark sunglasses.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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Later, when the university sent a letter revoking its sponsorship of Mecha, the club’s members staged a protest at one of the school’s cultural centers, reportedly waving a Palestinian flag and refusing to leave.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Tricolor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricolor. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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