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individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
the pink of society will be at the gala for the city's opera company
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to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
accidentally pinked my shoulder with his fencing sword
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Recent Examples of pink
Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2026
The 325-piece set captures charming details like Glinda’s pink dress, bubble wand, and tiara, and Elphaba’s green skin and signature broom.
—Brittany Anas, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026
Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026
Byrom is a fan of limewash for its timeworn sensibility, while Young’s walls are painted in soft off-white calcio, with original hues—pale pinks and warm honey tones—still visible in places.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2026
Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
From warm woods and cozy corners to pink and gold with walls of plants, there's no shortage of great café design.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The curved form, also coated in pink concrete resin, echoes the hues of the floor tiles and mirrors the geometry of traditional dammusi.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2026
The 325-piece set captures charming details like Glinda’s pink dress, bubble wand, and tiara, and Elphaba’s green skin and signature broom.
—Brittany Anas, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
On the map, everything north of Tennessee was blanketed in purples and pinks and blues, signalling heavy snow, while everything south was bone white—meaning no snow, not even an inch.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026
Byrom is a fan of limewash for its timeworn sensibility, while Young’s walls are painted in soft off-white calcio, with original hues—pale pinks and warm honey tones—still visible in places.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
The flamingo pink Broward Transitional Center hides in plain sight on a stretch of road in Pompano Beach lined with palm trees and modest commercial buildings.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
From warm woods and cozy corners to pink and gold with walls of plants, there's no shortage of great café design.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
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At the bottom of the hill, where there will eventually be a parking lot for visitors, Goldsworthy showed us a derelict building made from pinkish sandstone.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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However, the Super Bowl LVIII logo in 2024 featured a purple and pinkish-red color, which did not predict the showdown between the Chiefs and the 49ers, as both teams' colors are red and do not incorporate any purple.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Winning gold in 1998 and bronze in 2006 was no fluke; the Czechs were right there in terms of roster quality with the best-of-the-best.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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There were old ladies’ sequin dresses and their Sunday best.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
Verb
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From another ward not too far away, the piercing screams of a patient are audible.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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The dress was a reference to Thierry Mugler’s bold and iconic spring couture 1998 runway show, in which Erica Vanbriel modeled the original nipple piercing dress.—
Alexandra Hildreth,
Vogue,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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As for her hair, bright blond streaks blended with her brown base, accentuating her brows.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The outlet reported on Sunday that authorities wearing blue gloves were seen leaving the home carrying brown bags.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Gaga, who was dressed in a baby blue dress, completed the ensemble with a red floral brooch resembling the maga flower, the national flower of Puerto Rico.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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The designer introduced Daisy fragrance in 2007, packaging the scent in bottles topped with oversized white flowers that have since spawned a long-running series of flankers and remain a core pillar of the brand’s beauty business.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The non-profit also found a teenager who stabbed people outside a mosque in Turkey appeared to have been influenced by nihilistic subcultures.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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The 22-year-old daughter of Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband Saturday in what police said was an apparent botched murder-suicide.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Yet, on a warm fall afternoon, while playing hide-and-seek with other kids in her mother's yard, the petite 6-year-old girl wearing a sundress vanished.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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The team will drill through the ice and deploy instruments nearly 1,000 meters below the surface to measure how warm ocean water interacts with the glacier base.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Rooms are done in cream-colored English sycamore wood and fabrics in neutral tones, and have marble bathrooms and soaking tubs.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
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During the second annual competition in October, the team from La Marmotte restaurant, also located downtown, won with a concoction of Nikka Vodka, Luxardo Espresso liqueur, Irish cream, and Count Chocula and Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereals.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Pink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pink. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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