as in colorful
marked by a variety of usually vivid colors
with its prismatic plumage, the ruby-throated hummingbird is one of our garden's most prized visitors
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Recent Examples of prismatic
This initiative includes the kind of hardware used by data centers, utilities, and large-scale industrial companies – LFP prismatic cells, BESS modules, and 20-foot DC container systems.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
There is, too, the inherent kitsch in reducing one of the richest, most intellectually prismatic works in English literature to an instrument of healing.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Agency is one of those wonderful, prismatic words with refracting meanings.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
At the Academy Museum gala, Bieber recently put her stamp on the trending cat-eye nail with a unique brown manicure that matched her Schiaparelli gown, seamlessly incorporating the prismatic nail topper into her look.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 30 Oct. 2025
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
There is, too, the inherent kitsch in reducing one of the richest, most intellectually prismatic works in English literature to an instrument of healing.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Agency is one of those wonderful, prismatic words with refracting meanings.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
At the Academy Museum gala, Bieber recently put her stamp on the trending cat-eye nail with a unique brown manicure that matched her Schiaparelli gown, seamlessly incorporating the prismatic nail topper into her look.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prismatic
Adjective
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Soon, the beams should form a colorful, geometric structure.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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The first modern Mardi Gras took place in New Orleans in 1827 when a group of students danced through the streets in colorful costumes, and the first parade took place a decade later.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Sparkling Orange Nº1, a low-intervention, organic orange (orange colored due to skin contact, no oranges used) bubbly from Alsace that pops with orange peel and juicy peach, then drifts into jasmine, herbs, and gentle spice.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Run the cycle again, warm for colored towels and hot for white towels.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Their salaries and bonuses differed to those offered to Russian soldiers, and even varied between the recruits.—
Larry Madowo,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Different forecasts offer varied outlooks, with some predicting a slow warm-up and others suggesting above-average temperatures for April and May.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Adept anglers can fly-fish for them across the varied terrain of the property’s creeks or patrol the marshy perimeters its six Class A lakes for the coveted catch, as well as fellow trout—namely rainbow, brown, and brook–that often exceed 20 inches.—
Alexandra Kirkman,
Robb Report,
29 May 2025
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Suspended from the fashionable wooden arch are a teething ring, crinkly rainbow, rattle, mirror, and plush moon to promote hand-eye coordination.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
24 Oct. 2024
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“Prismatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prismatic. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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