once given away as a cheap prize at carnivals, this opalescent glass is now highly prized by collectors
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But sometimes the criteria for inclusion are murkier, as in Catherine Opie’s opalescent views of Lake Michigan, one for each season, hung with their horizons in line.—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025 The formal coupes are polished using specialty techniques to reveal a reflective, opalescent finish.—Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025 In the crowd, Taraji P. Henson and her hairstylist Tym Wallace showed up in matching opalescent grills with the former in a dirty blonde pompadour pixie.—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 12 May 2025 Mike Navarro, an oceanographer at the University of Alaska Southeast, studied opalescent squids during his PhD at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.—Jules Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for opalescent
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