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or brindle
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as in striated
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as in grizzled
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brindled
Adjective
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The park’s Big Badlands Overlook peers east, where the moon will climb above a sea of striated crag.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside,
1 Oct. 2025 -
Serena Williams recently posted swimsuit photos showing off striated arms after promoting her more than 30-pound GLP-1 weight loss.—
Anne Marie Chaker,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The first episode immediately introduces Tom (played by Mark Ruffalo), a grizzled former Catholic priest turned FBI agent, and Robbie (Tom Pelphrey), a trash collector with a side hustle robbing drug houses by way of documenting their daily routines.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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Two-minute drives aren’t easy even for grizzled veterans playing in their own stadium.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Scientists accidentally invented seabird toilet TV Two Japanese scientists just wanted to study how streaked shearwaters run on water to take flight.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
10 Sep. 2025
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One of his images features a mostly dry riverbed, its sand mysteriously streaked.—
Alex Cuadros,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The most common species of bats found in Grand Teton National Park are little brown bats, followed by big brown, silver-haired, hoary, Yuma, long-legged, and long-eared bats, the agency said.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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Since Trump is not a Red-baiter, Clooney must adjust his hoary defense of the Democratic Party to fit the left’s new partisanship.—
Armond White,
National Review,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Hamas says at least 27 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces over the last week; Israeli officials said troops fired to prevent incursions across the yellow line, which is now being marked with colored stanchions as a clearer warning.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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Demi Moore’s hip length-plus, raven-colored hair is a signature.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The hidden layer of fragile surface hoar, with facets playing a contributing role, is now the failure point for large and unpredictable slabs of snow.—
Lisa M. Krieger,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2024
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There are many different kinds of frost: crystalline (hoar) frost, white frost, black frost, advection frost, and the frost that forms on glass windows, to name a few.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
8 Dec. 2023
Adjective
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The species stands out from other barking geckos because of its banded coloration, researchers said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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Keeping your shoulders forward, open your top knee to the ceiling against the banded resistance, making sure that your torso doesn't rotate open.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Nestled on Britain's south coast in the county of Dorset, Bournemouth is a quintessential English seaside town, known for its sandy beach and fish and chips.—
NPR,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
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In June 2024, Burrow turned heads for his bleach-blonde buzz cut, a drastic change from his previous sandy blond waves.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Brindled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brindled. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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