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noun

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Recent Examples of red
Adjective
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Your Place or Mine, Knock at the Cabin, 80 for Brady and the kickoff of Grammy weekend events. Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2023 Keep reading for 9 trends seen on the runways and red carpets that everyone will be adopting soon. Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
Noun
The color red also becomes more difficult to focus on as the eyes age. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025 The most common grapefruit varieties include white, pink, and red. Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for red
Recent Examples of Synonyms for red
Adjective
  • While the country’s cuisine doesn’t enjoy a glowing international reputation, many of its most beloved dishes are simple, hearty and deeply rooted in local tradition.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • This is hardly a glowing endorsement from the network that, after 13 seasons, took the unprecedented decision to recast RHONY — a show that was once the jewel in the franchise’s crown — around a new group of women.
    Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
  • If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Noun
  • Despite all their years of playing cat-and-mouse, Diego Luna’s rebel spy Cassian Andor and Kyle Soller‘s Empire agent Syril Karn have never had much screen time together — until now.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 7 May 2025
  • Israel has repeatedly targeted the rebels in Yemen.
    Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Fascists, communists, terrorists, and human traffickers all have values, but most of us would not consider their values valuable.
    Andrew Abela, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
  • Buang feared his family would pay a terrible price if captured by the communists.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Set in 2019 Los Angeles, Akil’s update paints a searing portrait of the issues faced by teenagers today, exploring the social media age and how, via the race-swapping of the leads, Black kids come of age in white America.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 May 2025
  • As one more analogous reference, the need to manage hows reminds me of great literature, in particular, Viktor Frankl’s searing memoir Man’s Search For Meaning.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • As threats from insurgents faded, crackdowns by an authoritarian government surged.
    Mitra Taj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • As a result, the new international legal architecture curbed starvation tactics in interstate wars and during occupations but stopped short of fully criminalizing the weapon, particularly when used by poorer states against insurgent groups in civil wars.
    Boyd van Dijk, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Here’s the good news, comrades, and a nifty solution for those who want to take in the usual touristic haunts--Disneyland, Universal Studios Tour, etc.--without reaching for the blood pressure pills every ten minutes.
    David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • But who exactly is The Sentry, what are his origins, powers, and comrades in the fight against justice, and what’s the deal with his evil subconscious manifestation, The Void?
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Just after midnight early Friday, March 14, the moon cuts across part of Earth’s ruddy shadow.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Mars will rise in the eastern sky during the night, and can look a ruddy red color in telescopes and binoculars.
    Tariq Malik, Space.com, 11 Jan. 2025

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“Red.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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