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or parti-colored
as in dapple
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parti-color
Adjective
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In a recent Instagram post, the media mogul wore a striped button-down shirt in an earthy espresso hue.—
Nicol Natale,
People.com,
16 June 2025 -
She was born in 1737, to Mary and Joseph, on a ship on the Atlantic and so named by the ship’s captain, who presented the newborn with a silk dress; a small piece of the striped fabric is attached to the yellowed paper.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Spice up your Super Bowl party with these pinto beans, garnished with savory bacon and spicy poblano peppers.—
Christopher Michel,
Country Living,
2 Feb. 2023
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Two types of beans (black and pinto) bring the protein count in this healthy enchilada casserole up to 19 grams per serving.—
Katlyn Moncada,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Oct. 2022
Adjective
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Quiet time to wonder, daydream and relish the mottled bark of sycamore trees has fallen by the wayside.—
Patricia Steckler,
Baltimore Sun,
18 June 2025
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What looks like something tangled, speckled or mottled, clearly out of place amid a cluster of broken rushes, cattails, algae, has captured her excited attention.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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That Trump and Zelensky spoke privately, face to face and hunched over on chairs on the marbled floors of the pope’s home, on the day of his funeral, was perhaps a fitting way to honor his wishes.—
Darlene Superville and Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Its pinkish-purple flowers are also magnets for bees, and its marbled, green and white leaves are attractive even when the plant isn’t in bloom.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 June 2025
Adjective
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The spa is just as refined—all white marble and dappled sunlight—with plush sitting rooms for whiling away the afternoon or taking over a business empire.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
3 June 2025
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One favorite is Austen’s dreamy image of a group of men and women lounging in the woods by a lake in the summer of 1888; dappled sunlight gives the image echoes of Monet.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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Demos wore a checkered suit, while Shahi donned a slinky metallic dress with a thigh-high slit and off-the-shoulder detailing.—
Katie Mannion,
Peoplemag,
18 Mar. 2024
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The digital collection features a checkered suit, pixel leopard hoodie and video game pants — free of charge for fitting, sharing and saving to digital wardrobes within the ZERO10 app.—
Stephanie Hirschmiller,
Forbes,
25 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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The men’s fedora, known as the Foreman, is hand-blocked from molasses metallic flecked straw braid.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
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The dashboard is swathed in a flecked, mélange-style fabric that is based on a traditional Japanese hand-weaving technique called Nishijin-ori.—
Mara Balagtas McIlwrath,
Car and Driver,
1 June 2023
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“Parti-color.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parti-color. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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