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Recent Examples of olive
Keoghan wore an olive velvet Burberry velvet jacket with matching trousers.
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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 May 2025
Peel the olive flesh from the pit and discard the pit.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2025
In fact, people from the Seam are typically described as having dark hair, olive skin and gray eyes in the books.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The surge of settler and military violence since October 7 meant that olive groves had been abandoned throughout the West Bank.
—Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 May 2025
Peel the olive flesh from the pit and discard the pit.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2025
In fact, people from the Seam are typically described as having dark hair, olive skin and gray eyes in the books.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The surge of settler and military violence since October 7 meant that olive groves had been abandoned throughout the West Bank.
—Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for olive
Adjective
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According to naval records, Paul Gauguin’s eyes were brown.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 May 2025
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And in summer 2025, a new shade is quickly gaining popularity: mocha brown.—
René Chávez Esparza,
Glamour,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Elements of her can be found on Lioness in Zoe Saldaña’s Joe McNamara, a CIA operative trying to save the world from the swarthy — terrorists in Season One, Mexican cartels in Season Two — while raising two girls.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
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Jett Rink was a really malevolent varmint, and kind of swarthy and dark.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 2024
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“Olive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/olive. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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