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variants or tricolored

tricolor

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noun

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Recent Examples of tricolor
Adjective
There is no separating the two now, despite all the separations: the gates, the fences, the bollards, the closures, the motorcades, the river itself — a metropolis clamping down yet very much breathing, waving the tricolor flag of sport, profit and patriotism. Dan Zak, Washington Post, 26 July 2024 Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party boasts a tricolor flame in its logo evoking a now-defunct movement made up of the political remnants of Benito Mussolini’s fascists. Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
Noun
Behind them, the pink leaves of a tricolor beech tree bring just a touch of soft color. Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2025 The tricolor pop has three levels of sourness, starting with a sharp red layer and ending with sweet cherry-lime. Buy it! Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tricolor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricolor
Noun
  • In fact, including this past weekend’s games against the Cardinals, the Padres’ final stretch includes 32 games against teams that either sold significantly at the deadline (D-backs, Giants, Orioles) or waved the white flag long ago (Rockies, White Sox).
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
  • When the smoke finally cleared as July disappeared from the calendar, the teams at the top of the payroll charts fattened their outlay, the only team without a pennant increased its chances, and several teams waved the white flag by slashing salaries with a vengeance.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • But their gray world is rich in attributes that might otherwise pale in our trichromatic, million-color world.
    Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Helmholtz’s theory was that our vision was trichromatic, based on three fundamental colors: red, green, and blue, which can be combined to make any other color.
    The Lost Women of Science Initiative, Scientific American, 30 Nov. 2023
Adjective
  • In Caroline Absher’s colossal, mostly-dichromatic self-portrait Studio, the artist looks down at the viewer, who crouches or sits beneath her.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 6 May 2022
  • Álvaro's subjects were 32 trichromats (a mix of men and women) and 32 dichromatic men (a mix of the green-lacking and red-lacking subtypes).
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2015
Adjective
  • Its bicolored glasses were made from Sapphire and Mozambique baguette Ruby while its own earring was fashioned from a yellow diamond.
    Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Its bicolored yellowy-orange and pink blooms have a moderate to strong fragrance.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
Noun
  • The rules for include a two-hour time limit, no bunting and a one-on-one tiebreaker face-off at the end of the game if it’s tied.
    Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2025
  • And if a guy feels like (bunting) is the best thing.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • In line with the Princess of Wales' attire, the Duchess of Edinburgh also donned a blue and red cape over her gown, a nod to the colors of the union jack.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 7 May 2023
  • One dessert that stands out from all the cupcakes, cookies and biscuits decorated with crowns and union jacks is the Jack Russel cake, which brings to mind the king and queen consort's two Jack Russell terriers.
    Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2023
Adjective
  • In a scene framed by the opening of a karst cave, the 20-inch black and cream-colored banded snake targeted an unknowing skink.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
  • In 2016, 20 southern banded water snakes were pulled from the area.
    Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Dozens lined up with American flags near the end of the procession in downtown KCK.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Home security video caught flag burning In the early hours of Wednesday, July 30, a home security camera recorded someone walking up to a home and setting a flag on fire.
    David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2025

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“Tricolor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricolor. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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