as in colorful
marked by a variety of usually vivid colors
a polychromatic tropical bird
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In all, Saturday probably offered a glittering glimpse of a fall day out of legend and memory, of long-ago football games and sunlit excursions on roads and trails embellished by the fiercely polychromatic hues of tree after roadside tree.
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Martin Weil, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
In the middle, like some scar or deformity, lies a jagged expanse of civilization, garish polychromatic swaths of development blending into one another with only jutting casino high-rises and the slash of Highway 50 serving as compass points.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
So, despite obvious monochromatic aspects, the day in Washington also asserted a sort of polychromatic nature.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
Gonzalez features his polychromatic and stucco textured depiction of L.A.’s advertorial landscape on a cotton sweater, canvas workwear jacket and pants.
—The Editors, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
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Martin Weil, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
In the middle, like some scar or deformity, lies a jagged expanse of civilization, garish polychromatic swaths of development blending into one another with only jutting casino high-rises and the slash of Highway 50 serving as compass points.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
So, despite obvious monochromatic aspects, the day in Washington also asserted a sort of polychromatic nature.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
Gonzalez features his polychromatic and stucco textured depiction of L.A.’s advertorial landscape on a cotton sweater, canvas workwear jacket and pants.
—The Editors, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
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“Polychromatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polychromatic. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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