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noun

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Recent Examples of red
Adjective
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Your Place or Mine, Knock at the Cabin, 80 for Brady and the kickoff of Grammy weekend events. Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2023 Keep reading for 9 trends seen on the runways and red carpets that everyone will be adopting soon. Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
Noun
The bright reds, the yellows, the greens and the jewel tones are always accents. Essence, 17 June 2025 Strong support from Cubans and Venezuelans, among other Latino electorates, helped Trump flip Miami-Dade red. Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for red
Recent Examples of Synonyms for red
Adjective
  • Giants first baseman Dom Smith, who played with Devers in Boston last season, offered a glowing endorsement of his former teammate.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 June 2025
  • That shopper isn’t the only person who left a glowing review.
    Shea Simmons, People.com, 15 June 2025
Adjective
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
  • If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Noun
  • Yemen's Houthi rebels, aligned with Iran, have continued to launch attacks in the region despite the truce, including previous drone and missile strikes targeting Israel.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • Young-il manages to separate from the group and betrays the rebels, killing two of them and faking his own death.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • While the offensive was a strategic defeat for the communists, its main casualty was President Lyndon Johnson.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
  • From local star to Asian icon Born in 1953 in Yunlin, Taiwan, Teresa Teng grew up in one of the many villages that were built to house soldiers and their families who had fled mainland China in 1949 after the communists claimed victory in the Chinese civil war.
    Xianda Huang, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • Caminero, who was hitless in his previous 17 at-bats, led off with a searing homer to left-center, hit at 109.2 mph and carrying 409 feet.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
  • Dad can whip up incredible meals with cookware that offers the searing power of stainless steel and the easy cleanup of nonstick.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Widely viewed as the most powerful of a broad array of insurgent groups active in northern Syria, HTS withstood regular attacks by the Syrian military, ultimately turning the tide last December.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
  • In recent years, the PKK has been limited to isolated attacks inside Turkey as the Turkish military, backed by armed drones, has pushed its insurgents increasingly across the mountainous border into Iraq.
    Suzan Fraser, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • The troops earned the same eight pence a day as their British comrades, minus deductions for food and uniforms.
    / CBS News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
  • Believing radical change requires violence to overthrow the old order, the two women and their fellow comrades launch an armed attack on wealthy landowners in a stately villa.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • Warm Oak Cabinets Are Back—and More Modern Than Ever Best Wall Colors for Wood Cabinets with Red Undertones To balance ruddy brown tones in cherry and red oak cabinetry, designer Sarah Kahn Turner of Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & Bath goes for warm, saturated colors tempered with gray.
    Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2025
  • For a star, which can emit light at essentially all colors, this means sometimes its red light is bent toward you and blue is bent away, so the star appears ruddy.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025

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“Red.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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