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as in crystal
easily seen through
bottles of blue transparent glass
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as in clear
not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation
his meaning in leaving the conversation is transparent: he doesn't want to talk about his combat experiences
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as in sheer
very thin and easy to see through
flowy summer dresses made partly of chiffon or other transparent fabrics
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Recent Examples of transparent
His leadership on this issue can transform hospital billing in a more transparent and pro-consumer direction, reversing runaway health care costs through choice and competition.
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Cynthia A Fisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
In their June 9 filing, the plaintiffs’ lawyers also claimed Edison wasn’t transparent with officials looking into the cause of the 2019 fire.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Interior designer Paloma Contreras opted for a four-poster bed with transparent posters for this Palm Beach bedroom to add a feeling of height to the room without taking up too much visual space.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2025
Chinese moves are transparent and suppliers to China know that China’s serious long-term goal is their own marginalization.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Cynthia A Fisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
In their June 9 filing, the plaintiffs’ lawyers also claimed Edison wasn’t transparent with officials looking into the cause of the 2019 fire.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Interior designer Paloma Contreras opted for a four-poster bed with transparent posters for this Palm Beach bedroom to add a feeling of height to the room without taking up too much visual space.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2025
Chinese moves are transparent and suppliers to China know that China’s serious long-term goal is their own marginalization.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transparent
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The glasses are each pulled from one piece of crystal glass for an elegant, minimalist structure.—
Maria Conti,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 June 2025
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The executive has also worked for LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton label Berluti and Hermès International’s crystal glasswear brand Saint-Louis.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
6 May 2025
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To help guide you through the rest of summer and beyond, dermatologists help break down what body acne is, how to treat it, and the best kinds of products to have in rotation for smoother, clearer skin all over.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
28 June 2025
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This simple, clear shift in communication started to highlight the reality of who was contributing what.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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Some may prove useful in the long run and others illusory, but for now they are statistically swamped by the sheer amount of renewable power coming online.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
9 July 2025
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The sheer variety of equipment, the pace of change and rising customer demands call for something better: a knowledge capture process that’s baked into the daily workflow.—
Thomas Cottereau,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Highly liquid and transferable stablecoins may start to supplant some of the base building blocks and revenue drivers of the existing financial system.—
Steven Dudash,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The early Earth’s young magma surface sat gooey and cloaked in steam, too hot to hold liquid seas.—
Laura Poppick,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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As the first one departs, we’re given a look at its nearly translucent wingspan, a feature often overlooked due to its unique facial features and iconic white fur.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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The source of the light, which shifted from blue to green to a white whose secret ingredient is ultraviolet, sat in the middle of what could have been an alien lantern, with the otherworldly lightbulb supported in a mystifying structure of translucent plastic.—
Madeline Bodin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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In the first, space is filled with a crystalline grid of quantum particles, or qubits.—
George Musser,
Quanta Magazine,
13 June 2025
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In the new study, however, the researchers found evidence of crystalline ice both at depth but also on the surface of Europa, in particular in an area known as Tara Regio.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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“Transparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transparent. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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