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Recent Examples of reddish
Kissing Bugs Kissing bugs are small, dark, wingless insects with reddish spotting.
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Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 2 Sep. 2025
Both the lacy-like foliage and flowers are aromatic, and the reddish-brown stems add winter interest.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Antares, by contrast, will gleam as a reddish point of light.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
On a quiet patch of former farmland in northeastern Louisiana, a fleet of excavators has leveled more than 2,000 acres of reddish clay earth.
—Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
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Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 2 Sep. 2025
Both the lacy-like foliage and flowers are aromatic, and the reddish-brown stems add winter interest.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Antares, by contrast, will gleam as a reddish point of light.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
On a quiet patch of former farmland in northeastern Louisiana, a fleet of excavators has leveled more than 2,000 acres of reddish clay earth.
—Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reddish
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The three seal finalists included a design pairing a North Atlantic right whale with a white chickadee; a crimson circular seal with six feathers and 351 dashes representing municipalities; and a sun-over-water transformation of the current star.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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This colorful procession gave an impression of forward movement, and facing it, on the right side of the work, alone against a neutral backdrop, stood a fifth woman, young, extremely beautiful, wearing an exquisite pendant-necklace and a crimson dress.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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Kevin Keegan, captain of England’s football team, ran it, wearing a shirt split down the middle with the black and white of Newcastle United and the red and white of Sunderland.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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White oak White oak is a large shade tree displays deep red to coppery-brown fall color.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Institute of Agriculture notes that there are a few hummingbirds that surface between November and late March in Tennessee and other Southern states, but these birds are not typically ruby-throat hummingbirds.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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The company’s new Aura glasses ($385) change from cool blue to purple, ruby, and even crystal clear with the tap of a finger.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA TODAY,
13 Jan. 2025
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The viral TikTok dance sensation inspired by Wednesday star Jenny Ortega’s quirky moves that is set to the sanguineous 2011 Lady Gaga song has blown up so big that even Mother Monster couldn’t resist throwing her black veil into the ring.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
9 Dec. 2022
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The landers will also be there during a total lunar eclipse, as seen from Earth, as the moon passes through our planet’s shadow and gains a bloodred glow on the night of March 13 and the early morning of March 14.—
Gayoung Lee,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2025
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In Viñales, limestone knolls, or mogotes, emerge from the valley's bloodred earth like upturned loaves.—
Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Reddish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reddish. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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