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While red, inflamed skin was often seen as the norm, my flares—ranging from deep brown or purplish dry patches to clusters of tiny, itchy bumps—looked more like a disease to be feared and ashamed of rather than understood and treated.
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Raelle Kennedy, Health, 12 May 2025
Minutes later, loud crashing sounds are heard as the entire home is engulfed in flames, before the screen turns a fiery purplish hue as the clip ends.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
At the heart of the showcase is the purplish kiosk located in the central atrium.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
Often red, some varieties are also yellow, peachy, or purplish.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
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Raelle Kennedy, Health, 12 May 2025
Minutes later, loud crashing sounds are heard as the entire home is engulfed in flames, before the screen turns a fiery purplish hue as the clip ends.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
At the heart of the showcase is the purplish kiosk located in the central atrium.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
Often red, some varieties are also yellow, peachy, or purplish.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for purplish
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“Purplish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purplish. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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purplish
adjective
pur·plish
ˈpər-p(ə-)lish 
: somewhat purple
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