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as in glowing
having a healthy reddish skin tone
the merry, red, smiling face of Santa Claus
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as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
the streams of red lava were especially spectacular at night
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as in rebel
a person who rises up against authority
the reds demanded a violent overthrow of the government
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as in communist
capitalized
an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
the story of John Reed, the only American Red buried within the Kremlin
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Recent Examples of red
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
At the Loewe show on Friday, Chamberlain opted for tight, tiny curls next to silver shadow in her eye creases and a dark red lip.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Kaling wore a mohair cardigan over a silk skirt or dress, semi-sheer tights, and platform lace-up oxfords, all in shades of deep red that hew closer to purple than brick.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Make your own mixed salad greens with a selection of red, green, smooth, and ruffled lettuces.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
At the Loewe show on Friday, Chamberlain opted for tight, tiny curls next to silver shadow in her eye creases and a dark red lip.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
In case the kind of vivid red spotlighted on the fall runways of labels like Ferragamo and Calvin Klein isn’t your thing, and neither is the type of blue that pays homage to a peacock’s plumage, Naadam comes in clutch with 16 other colorways for the taking.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Kaling wore a mohair cardigan over a silk skirt or dress, semi-sheer tights, and platform lace-up oxfords, all in shades of deep red that hew closer to purple than brick.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for red
Adjective
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The patty cooked to a perfect medium, slightly larger than his ideal five ounces, and sans the tomatoes, gets a fairly glowing review (which can’t be said of every spot).—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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To see the longest glowing debris trains, set your gaze 40 degrees above the radiant after allowing your eyes to adjust to the dark for 30 minutes.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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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
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Alcalá has pleaded guilty to collaborating with Colombia’s FARC rebels.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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The rebels also cited the need to take out the massive scam operations as justification for their offensive – which analysts say China likely greenlit.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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There’s a scene with a military leader telling Murrow’s producer Fred Friendly to back down, and that Murrow was basically a communist.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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Antisemites denounced Jews both as capitalists and as communists—two creeds international in scope.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Its broad, meticulously kept tanned dunes dissolving into rolling surf and the deep blue Pacific with breathtaking sunsets are a photographer’s dream.—
Greg Mellen,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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The high heel stiletto sandals feature three intertwining straps on the caged vamp and are made with metal-free tanned leather.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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His own divorce from actress Jennifer Jason Leigh informed his Oscar-winning Marriage Story (2019), a searing look at love unraveling.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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And McConaughey, as a nervy reluctant hero, steers the searing, intense narrative about normal people living through the most hellish of circumstances.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Jahmai Jones’ two-run single in the top of the fifth proved the difference, punching Detroit’s ticket to the playoffs and ensuring the Tigers would go into Game 162 with a chance to claw back the AL Central title from the insurgent Cleveland Guardians on the final day of the regular season.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Labels matter Security analysts say the situation in Haiti continues to defy clear international legal characterization and the choice of labels – crisis, armed conflict, gangs, terrorist groups, armed groups, criminal groups, insurgents – carries significant legal and humanitarian implications.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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There were a lot of people, maybe more than five hundred, activists and relatives and friends and comrades.—
Mariana Enriquez
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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Minnesota Wild players, who parked in the players’ garage just off the road temporarily dubbed W 97th Street, are delighted to see their comrade for effectively the next nine years.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Red.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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