calico

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Recent Examples of calico Meet Arista, a gorgeous calico girl with playful eyes and a soft demeanor, who was saved from attempting to survive alone on the streets. Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for calico
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Adjective
  • From brown granite to speckled composite stone, there have been more than a few countertop looks that were overdone in the past decade.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The design of the Grosche Milano Stone stovetop espresso maker, a speckled stone that looks like the bottom of a creek, gives your stovetop coffee maker a contemporary look that’s suited for a modern kitchen.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In a similar vein, Louis Vuitton revived its first wristwatch with a fresh design and new movement, Vacheron Constantin reimagined the Grand Lady Kalla with colored stones, and TAG Heuer gave the Carrera Chronograph Extreme Sports an upgrade with rose gold and a GMT complication.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2025
  • There was one case that became a major talking point — a student sued her school and the local education board for forcing her to dye her naturally light-colored hair black to comply with school rules that all students have black hair.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • One of his images features a mostly dry riverbed, its sand mysteriously streaked.
    Alex Cuadros, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In one sweet photo, Bindi and Powell posed with their daughter Grace in front of a multicolored mural.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The leaves of the mopane nourish a multicolored caterpillar, which the Himba eat.
    Aatish Taseer, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • These recall the varicolored water specimens that Wolfe has exhibited previously.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
Adjective
  • Flannel patterns can include solid colors, checkered prints, stripes, argyle and anything in between.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This easy fall welcome sign requires just a small chalkboard, a little paint, and a pretty checkered ribbon.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Your Immune System Improves Eating a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables, such as beets, is a great way to support your natural immunity.
    Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2025
  • SpongeBob is back, as are the colorful critters living in Zootopia.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Its chandeliers are made of handblown Murano glass, its bathrooms of polychrome Italian marble.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 30 June 2025
  • Coat of black silk satin brocaded with polychrome silk thread in a pattern of tulips; belt of black silk satin; blouse of white silk-cotton batiste; skirt of beige cotton-linen twill.
    Irene Kim, Vogue, 28 June 2024

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“Calico.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calico. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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