as in transparent
very thin and easy to see through
the bride wore a diaphanous veil
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Recent Examples of diaphanous
As the head of a tech company, Kidman affects an office version of the high femme with diaphanous blouses and soft updos.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Thus Andy Dixon paints Day-Glo takes on Rococo romances, with sculptural nudes draped in loose tunics cavorting around pleasure gardens dotted with classical statuary; these same motifs are distilled into dainty arabesques and diaphanous whorls in the abstract canvases of Michaela Yearwood-Dan.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
His voice quivers, the acoustic guitars are nimble, and the cinematic strings shimmer like a diaphanous veil between earth and heaven.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
In this view, the displays appear as diaphanous white veils over Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, as well as several Canadian provinces.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Thus Andy Dixon paints Day-Glo takes on Rococo romances, with sculptural nudes draped in loose tunics cavorting around pleasure gardens dotted with classical statuary; these same motifs are distilled into dainty arabesques and diaphanous whorls in the abstract canvases of Michaela Yearwood-Dan.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
His voice quivers, the acoustic guitars are nimble, and the cinematic strings shimmer like a diaphanous veil between earth and heaven.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
In this view, the displays appear as diaphanous white veils over Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, as well as several Canadian provinces.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diaphanous
Adjective
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If America’s leaders wish to bolster their national standing and long-term strategic resilience, the Trump crypto reserve would do well to focus on sound money transported on a peer-to-peer network that is censorship-resistant, radically transparent, and more liquid than any other digital asset.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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This bill includes vital provisions such as requiring central committees to adhere to the Maryland Open Meetings Act, thereby ensuring that their deliberations and voting are transparent.—
Liza Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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While the sheer number of krill in the Southern Ocean means the species is unlikely to face an acute threat to its survival in the near term, Savoca is quick to point out that numbers are no guarantee of success.—
Gabe Castro-Root,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Mar. 2025
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The individual cores may not be as powerful as those on the Mac Studio with M4 Max, but the sheer number of CPU and GPU cores will deliver top performance in the most demanding applications.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
11 Mar. 2025
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Within this structure, delicate leaves of 22-karat 5N red gold are embedded and shine through the translucent quartz.—
Cait Bazemore,
Robb Report,
28 Feb. 2025
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Framework This update also brings improved cooling, an optional 2.8K 120-Hz screen, slimmer translucent bezels around the display, and Wi-Fi 7.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Diaphanous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diaphanous. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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