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a wide range or assortment
The ice cream shop offers a rainbow of flavors.
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Recent Examples of rainbows
Your kids can pick out their favorite pattern—dinosaurs, flowers, rainbows, and cars are all options—and the bag can be tucked into their backpack, tote, or duffel.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
If the fish remain in freshwater, they’ll be considered rainbows.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
The galleries, replete with slogans, rainbows, and photos of activists, narrate the prehistory of the 44th president, as if the whole trajectory of the civil-rights movements pointed to his election.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026
Ozarks Pridefest Springfield, Missouri Every June, the downtown square in Springfield, Missouri, becomes awash in rainbows and flooded with people.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 29 May 2026
Dream Puffs are a mix of Strawberry Foam and Peach Foam flavors shaped into pink and orange rainbows, clouds, and SmartSweets logos.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
Back in town, inside Palma’s majestic Gothic landmark La Seu, spellbinding rainbows of color flooded down on the nave, and flying buttresses exquisitely embellished the walkable roof terrace.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
While Bronze's face was painted with a shark and some flames, little Sterling looked sweet with unicorns and rainbows across her cheeks.
—Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
Elke and Alysia started seeing the big bugs fluttering around in late April, and as their numbers grew through early May, the native rainbows started keying in on them more and more.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
If the fish remain in freshwater, they’ll be considered rainbows.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
The galleries, replete with slogans, rainbows, and photos of activists, narrate the prehistory of the 44th president, as if the whole trajectory of the civil-rights movements pointed to his election.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026
Ozarks Pridefest Springfield, Missouri Every June, the downtown square in Springfield, Missouri, becomes awash in rainbows and flooded with people.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 29 May 2026
Dream Puffs are a mix of Strawberry Foam and Peach Foam flavors shaped into pink and orange rainbows, clouds, and SmartSweets logos.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
Back in town, inside Palma’s majestic Gothic landmark La Seu, spellbinding rainbows of color flooded down on the nave, and flying buttresses exquisitely embellished the walkable roof terrace.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
While Bronze's face was painted with a shark and some flames, little Sterling looked sweet with unicorns and rainbows across her cheeks.
—Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
Elke and Alysia started seeing the big bugs fluttering around in late April, and as their numbers grew through early May, the native rainbows started keying in on them more and more.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rainbows
varieties
Noun
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At a typical weekend festival, owner Sal Graci offers four roll varieties (and a couple of lemonades).—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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Most iris varieties flower from late spring to early summer, bringing pops of color to garden spaces and flower vases.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
18 June 2026
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“Rainbows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainbows. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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