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as in flag
a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
flew their country's colors atop the highest mast on the ship
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as in troops
the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation
she hopes to carry on the family tradition and serve with the colors
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as in nature
the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others
we saw his true colors during the emergency
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as in paints
to give color or a different color to
per the couple's request, the baker used natural ingredients like beet juice and turmeric to color the icing for the wedding cake
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as in exaggerates
to add to the interest of by including made-up details
he gave a highly colored version of a rather mundane experience
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as in distorts
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
his news reporting is colored by his prejudices
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as in blushes
to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)
she colored after hearing the nasty remarks about her weight
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colors
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Through Grit, Spit, and Never Quit — whose cover sees a banged up Riggle posing side by side with a bald eagle, a tiny American flag tucked neatly behind his ear — the comedian hopes to not only inspire laughter, but also just flat-out inspire.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
21 May 2025 -
This comes after several recent on-board incidents including a flight attendant going viral on a Delta flight from Boston to West Palm Beach after being photographed wearing a Palestine flag pin.—
Isabelle Rodney,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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Gobel attributed his success to compensating for what nature didn’t give him and to luck.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 May 2025
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The very nature of the zero-gravity sleep position is that you’re meant to lie flat on your back.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Bloom details their journey to Switzerland, where a nonprofit offers legal suicide, and paints us full vignettes of their love story along the way.—
Meg Zukin,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, the economic data paints a tricky picture.—
Dan Irvine,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Fear of failure blocks action, dissuades discovery and growth, distorts reality, and creates inaccurate and unfounded narratives.—
Scott Mautz, Contributor,
CNBC,
14 Mar. 2025
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This escalation further distorts trade, forcing both cities to produce goods outside their comparative advantages.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Schoolchildren marched proudly with banners and flags.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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In a sport that was first sanctioned by the CIF San Diego Section in 2002, the Islanders had hung three section championship banners coming into the season.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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The Institute for the Study of War did an analysis and found Russia is losing huge numbers of soldiers.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
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The goal is to slow Russia's advance and weaken their fighting power while sacrificing as few Ukrainian soldiers as possible.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
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On the other end of the spectrum, wellness culture is crowded with personalities and products claiming to have the answers.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Obviously, there was a stellar cast with big personalities.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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In 2024, Google terminated 28 employees who participated in an office sit-in protest against the search giant's role in Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud contract between Google, Amazon, and Israel's government and military.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
18 May 2025
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Israel’s military, which recently called up tens of thousands of reservists, said the ground operations are throughout the Palestinian territory’s north and south.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2025
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“Colors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colors. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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