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adjective

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Recent Examples of gold
Noun
Shops across the city are adorned in green and gold — green for pistachios, gold for the dessert's flakey crust. Fatma Tanis, NPR, 7 June 2025 The wide-ranging punishments for such sinful behavior could include a prohibition on wearing gold and other precious jewelry, as well as large tithes to monastic orders and the poor. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 June 2025
Adjective
Just pair up a white shirt dress with matching thigh-high boots, then top with a sprinkling of gold statement jewelry. Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 7 June 2025 The model accessorized with gold jewelry, a gold clutch and black high heels with designs that looked like leaves crossing over her feet. Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for gold
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gold
Noun
  • While cash incentives and catchy songs haven’t proven very effective at convincing people around the world to have children, one thing experts believe might work is cheap or free childcare.
    Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 15 June 2025
  • However, the judge ruled neither exchange could be entered as evidence, saying the $1 million cash conversation was too prejudicial, while the Gina message lacked context and the necessary foundation to be shown to the jury.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
Adjective
  • This year, gilt yields have seen volatile moves, with investors sensitive to geopolitical and macroeconomic instability.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 12 June 2025
  • London time — off earlier highs — while the 20-year gilt yield was almost 8 basis points higher.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • What once started as dropping a few coins into the arcade game to get extra lives or special moves has evolved into a more complex ecosystem.
    Bartosz Skwarczek, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
  • For the San Diegans who’ve plowed serious coin into SDFC matches, the event will pose a challenge.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • Bake in preheated oven until edges begin to bubble and top is golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes, tenting with aluminum foil as needed to prevent overbrowning.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 June 2025
  • As 1272 dries down, floral notes come to the fore along with grounding patchouli, leading its wearer from golden hour to twilight and preparing the nose for a base of vetiver, sandalwood, ambery Cistus, and tonka.
    Austa Somvichian-Clausen, Robb Report, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • There was no winner that night—there hadn’t been a winner for the past ninety-one drawings—and so the pool of money rolled over.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 19 June 2025
  • And sure, there are many reasons a brand might debut a more limited range: time, consumer interest, and money.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Falke is partial to their selection of French portico clocks: 19th-century timepieces with classical columns and gilded pendulums.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2025
  • The Saxon pendant — a gilded pectoral cross — was discovered by a metal detectorist in a field in Leeds and is believed to date back to the eighth century, according to a May 12 news release from the Leeds City Council.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The currency is used in a number of ways, including for payments and futures trading.
    Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 13 June 2025
  • Put in a different way, trust is the currency of AI success.
    Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025

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“Gold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gold. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

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