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variants or tricolored

tricolor

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noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of tricolor
Adjective
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 Pippa is tricolor, with long ears, a distant gaze, and an underbite that, Peacock mentioned, Piper didn’t have. Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Noun
It was replaced with the Russian tricolor flag following the collapse of the Soviet Union and its communist system. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025 The winner of best rap album wore a custom wool corset dress in a dark grey pinstripe, accented with exaggerated hips and tricolor lacing, all over the label’s classic white oxford shirt, a grey pinstripe wool tie and platform penny loafers. Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tricolor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricolor
Noun
  • An annual brag-fest thrown with the sole purpose of selling advertising space is an unusual venue to wave a white flag, but Bloys had fun with it — as did Max (Ahem, HBO Max) CMO Shauna Spenley.
    Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
  • Late in the fourth quarter, when the Nuggets waved the white flag, Porter headed to the locker room.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 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
  • Men with long braids who were dressed in traditional Chinese attire hobnobbed inside a building on Clay Street that was decked out in bunting and American flags.
    Michael Luo, New Yorker, 20 May 2025
  • San Francisco executed a squeeze play — Brett Wisely bunting, Ramos scoring.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 May 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
  • The matching set also includes straight-leg pants with banded hems, a drawstring waist, and side pockets.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In the very heart of the plateau, the Ancestral Pueblo people wedged brick dwellings directly into the banded cliffs.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Through Grit, Spit, and Never Quit — whose cover sees a banged up Riggle posing side by side with a bald eagle, a tiny American flag tucked neatly behind his ear — the comedian hopes to not only inspire laughter, but also just flat-out inspire.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 21 May 2025
  • The ceremony features the meaning and folding of the American flag, the pinning of veterans, a guest speaker and a posting of the colors.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025

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“Tricolor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricolor. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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