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as in crystal
easily seen through
bottles of blue transparent glass
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2
as in clear
not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation
his meaning in leaving the conversation is transparent: he doesn't want to talk about his combat experiences
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as in sheer
very thin and easy to see through
flowy summer dresses made partly of chiffon or other transparent fabrics
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Recent Examples of transparent
The idea is that these tools will help to create a more transparent and efficient government, GSA said.
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Part of the job, said Mandy, is to be transparent, keeping the public informed of city meetings, maintaining accurate records, and helping to manage public meetings and elections in a fair and impartial manner.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Her caption, too, called attention to her transparent pony placement.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
As state lawmakers ask for more data from the Tennessee Department of Education about the 20,000 students in the state's newEducation Freedom Scholarships program, Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds says the agency has been transparent throughout the implementation process.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Part of the job, said Mandy, is to be transparent, keeping the public informed of city meetings, maintaining accurate records, and helping to manage public meetings and elections in a fair and impartial manner.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Her caption, too, called attention to her transparent pony placement.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
As state lawmakers ask for more data from the Tennessee Department of Education about the 20,000 students in the state's newEducation Freedom Scholarships program, Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds says the agency has been transparent throughout the implementation process.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transparent
Adjective
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The two areas are linked in delightfully indulgent ways, including a darkly glamorous corridor swagged with flower chandeliers and a giant eye behind the bar, with crystal eyelashes.—
Sarah Turner,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Even the transition between floors is theatrical, with a crystal elevator that offers shifting vistas of the bay.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
27 Aug. 2025
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A lot of the information being funneled to him and his peers from news sources wasn't clear.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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Your best chance to catch a glimpse of the auroras is at very high latitudes, such as northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland and possibly the far north of Scotland, if the skies are clear.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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To watch Lipe-Smith’s Caroline cuddle in bed watching TV on her iPad, or bopping around to JoJo Siwa, or pensively finishing a Popsicle while sitting beside her grandmother at a museum, is to have the sheer malevolence of our current administration and its adherents thrown into sharp relief.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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The sheer paucity of Russian resources, after three and a half years of war, may lead to a similarly ineffective response to any use of Tomahawks.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In most gel products, the main component is acrylates; these are monomers or oligomers, which are small molecules or chains of molecules and can come in a thick liquid form.—
Holly Burns,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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There were short fluid dresses with dramatic draping across the front, liquid gowns with lingerie straps and caftan styles with a guipure lace print.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Bryant’s lips were carefully lined with a brown taupe and colored in with a translucent gloss.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Cropped blazers paired with fluid trousers, structured shoulders softened by translucent fabrics, and architectural skirts cut from lightweight materials kept the collections modern.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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All crew, all crew — Below Deck Med is pulling up to port for another summer cruising the crystalline waters of the Mediterranean coast.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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What has been lost (or sacrificed) is the continuous thrill-ride ecstasy of No One, where short, crystalline paragraphs propel the reader ever onward.—
Paul McAdory,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Transparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transparent. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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