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Recent Examples of metallic
The present-day 911 GT3 is finished in a new Paint to Sample Plus color called Earls Court Green, a metallic hue that subtly changes depending on how the light hits it.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 June 2026
Choose from metallic gold, silver, or black in sizes 5–11.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
The piece, consisting of metallic, brown-toned waves, pays homage to the North End’s tragic 1919 Great Molasses Flood disaster, when a 50-foot-tall tank broke, unleashing thick, sticky molasses that knocked a train off its tracks and smothered buildings.
—Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes.com, 17 June 2026
And there might not be a better brunette for reflecting summer rays than this metallic take.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 June 2026
Choose from metallic gold, silver, or black in sizes 5–11.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
The piece, consisting of metallic, brown-toned waves, pays homage to the North End’s tragic 1919 Great Molasses Flood disaster, when a 50-foot-tall tank broke, unleashing thick, sticky molasses that knocked a train off its tracks and smothered buildings.
—Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes.com, 17 June 2026
And there might not be a better brunette for reflecting summer rays than this metallic take.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metallic
Adjective
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On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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The chaos is still an acceptable price to pay for Birney’s expertly offputting performance, a shrill mania that gets increasingly comic over time.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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During its brief existence, the Long Beach trio treated squeaky South Bay punk and bratty white-boy hip-hop as the unlikely boundaries of their sampledelic dirtbag reggae.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
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Let the brush drip dry, then return it into its squeaky clean home.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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Football coverage can also often be dominated by ex-players, bluntly exchanging unnecessarily strident views.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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In a strident, aggressive veto message by Andrew Johnson.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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And that's especially true in a big, raucous, diverse, argumentative democracy like the United States of America.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Guy, whose fastball has reached 91 mph and sits in the high 80s, was pumped up to pitch as the raucous, standing-room only crowd electrified the ballpark’s atmosphere.—
Richard Dunn,
Oc Register,
18 June 2026
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In a moment when the genre was bursting with innovators, pushing at its seams from all sides—jubilant, gospel-fiery soul-jazz; the first dissonant strains of free jazz; dizzyingly ambitious big bands; calculated cool—this ensemble seemed to lay back, in tempo and affect.—
Natalie Weiner,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
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In 49 games for Brazil, his goal return struck a dissonant chord with the Ballon d’Or campaign that Madrid waged on his behalf only two years ago, when a delegation infamously abandoned the ceremony in Paris upon learning that Manchester City’s midfielder Rodri was to be announced the winner.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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The election follows Hockensmith's decision to step away from the board due to clashing personalities and policy choices.—
Virginia Barreda,
Des Moines Register,
3 June 2026
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The clashing magnetic fields of a white dwarf star and its neighboring red dwarf star are the source of signals from space that have remained a puzzle for over 20 years, radio astronomers in Australia have found.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
2 June 2026
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When the pair appeared on the debate stage in Atlanta, Biden alarmed Democrats as he, with a raspy voice, stumbled through many of his answers, often lost his train of thought and struggled to communicate his positions.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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The prize, which was auctioned off by Odenkirk, who assumed the role of a hypeman in a top hat and spoke in a raspy voice, included an autographed script of the highest bidder’s favorite episode and an invitation to a live reading of the show for up to three guests.—
Charlie Vargas,
Daily News,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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This doesn’t discredit the fact that mental and physical changes from menopause can be disorienting and jarring.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
17 June 2026
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That show is so unforgivingly edited down to jarring, staccato setup-punchline interactions that the interactions never feel conversational or informative.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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“Metallic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metallic. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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