How to Use platinum in a Sentence

platinum

1 of 2 noun
  • Even the stitches of the leather strap are a mix of silk and platinum.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The record debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart and went 3x platinum.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The song peaked at No. 95 and eventually went platinum by the end of the year.
    Caitlin White, SPIN, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The team has also been able to find steel shards and wire made of manganese and platinum.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2023
  • The platinum shade with high-contrast roots feel very now, as does the piecey finish.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Lang and Elvis Costello, went platinum and won album of the year at the Grammys.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 21 July 2023
  • Hers are made just for her in platinum with 4.5 carats worth of diamonds!
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
  • The title runs down the spine in platinum, while the doublures are black goatskin with platinum tooling.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024
  • In the clip, the Girls Trip actress, 51, also debuted a bold new look — a head full of platinum gray hair!
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Culpo's ring is a Whisper Thin three-stone oval with epaulette side stones in two-tone of yellow gold and platinum.
    Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The actor also swapped in his platinum Ken-blond look for his usual shade of dirty-blond.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • As a bonus, the platinum dye job proved mutable enough for the costume changes that Sin City demands.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Try a sisal rug in a pale platinum or neutral window panels that pick up a room's wood tones.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The platinum-selling track was a Billboard Hot 100 chart crossover.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023
  • To finish it off, the star also wore a platinum ring with diamonds.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2023
  • In the decades to follow, the song routinely landed on the charts, going platinum four times over in the United Kingdom.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The deal, which runs through Feb. 20, works on all four levels of SeaWorld passes — bronze, silver, gold and platinum.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2023
  • For the last six weeks, vials of the platinum drugs have been unavailable roughly half of the time, an oncologist, Dr. Ravi Rao, said.
    Christina Jewett, New York Times, 26 June 2023
  • The slightly warmer way to do platinum is perfect for sunny summer months.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The album topped the U.S. charts for seven weeks and was certified seven times platinum.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Twice as many could face major risks in the next dozen years, with lithium, platinum and magnesium joining the list.
    Timothy Puko and Lillian Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
  • The case is either platinum or 18k rose gold, and the rubber strap can be substituted for a platinum or gold bracelet.
    Carol Besler, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The electrode that would face the outside of a building is a plastic film coated with a grid of gold nanowires, a single layer of graphene, and some platinum.
    IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Her platinum hair was parted down the middle, and a section of hair was twisted and rolled into a space bun on either side of her head.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 13 July 2023
  • In 1799, the meter was solemnified like a religious totem in the form of a platinum bar at the French National Archives.
    Charles Platt, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Takeoff, who was one-third of the platinum-selling rap group Migos, was shot and killed in November 2022 in Houston, Texas.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Reid recommends asking your stylist for a cool-toned overlay on very light blonde or platinum.
    Loren Savini, Allure, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Blunt also wore a pair of Elsa Peretti 18K gold bone cuffs on her wrists, as well as a platinum ring with a diamond weighing over six carats.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The difference here was that the central diamond and its halo of greys were offset on a wide gold band rather than a narrow platinum one.
    Rachel Garrahan, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The fuel cell is a device through which air and hydrogen pass across plates coated in a platinum catalyst.
    Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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platinum

2 of 2 adjective
  • Grande is a multi-platinum pop star who boasts two Grammys.
    Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • First and foremost, Britney Spears, a multi-platinum pop star and mother of two, is at the center of the drama.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Has sold more than 64 million albums in the United States with 12 multi-platinum records.
    Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The Gin Blossoms, meanwhile, are the biggest band to ever come out of Tempe, a multi-platinum act whose biggest hits came in the early to mid 1990s.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2021
  • The helped skyrocket the album it was featured on to multi-platinum status.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 18 Jan. 2021
  • This week, the multi-platinum artist added an NBA halftime show to her collection of career highlights.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Banali joined the multi-platinum heavy metal band Quiet Riot in 1982 and performed as the band's drummer for decades.
    Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Adkins is a multi-platinum selling artist with more than 11 million albums sold to date.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The fusion of rock and hip-hop that Red Hot Chili Peppers had pioneered for over a decade was a multi-platinum cottage industry by the late ‘90s.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 1 Apr. 2022
  • However, it was seen countless times by the son who would go on to become a multi-platinum singer/songwriter.
    Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Hubbard spent the last 12 years as the voice of multi-platinum selling country duo Florida Georgia Line.
    Cindy Watts, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Jackson's concert in Louisville will include songs from her greatest hits and 12 multi-platinum records.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Andy Fletcher, a founding member of multi-platinum new wave band Depeche Mode, has died.
    Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
  • The best inside account to date of a group whose multi-platinum debut album still resonates loudly.
    Gary Graff, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The multi-platinum Christmas (Reprise) set soars 50-26, and will likely continue in that trajectory for the weeks ahead.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Other efforts fared better, but the group has never had a multi-platinum album.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Migos couldn’t let the moment pass without taking up the multi-platinum rapper on his fandom.
    Joe Coscarelli, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Taylor Hawkins, the hard-pounding drummer for multi-platinum rock band Foo Fighters, died on Friday.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • As part of the multi-platinum selling band, the Spice Girls, Beckham has proven herself on the music stage as performer and has also been a firm fixture in the fashion world for over thirteen years.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Her fifth album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts and became one of her four multi-platinum releases.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Chris Brown is among the most successful R&B stars of his generation, with three chart-topping albums and a steady stream of multi-platinum singles.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Her music has gained her multi-platinum status both in her solo career and as the frontwoman of indie rock band Gossip.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Sep. 2021
  • More multi-platinum albums and number-one singles followed, including a brief pause from music to pursue her Hollywood dreams in the ’90s.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The reenactment at the beginning of the multi-platinum rapper's performance offered a glimpse into the last moments of the life of George Floyd, killed by Minneapolis police last month.
    Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2020
  • With self-titled, Mumford has put aside the sing-along folk-rock of his multi-platinum group for inward-facing, confessional songs that address his longstanding demons.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2022
  • When Genesis entered the studio to record what would become its biggest album, the group was coming off its first multi-platinum album and Phil Collins was a bonafide solo superstar.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • Selena Gomez graces the April 2021 cover of Vogue, where the multi-platinum singer opened up about potentially retiring from her musical career.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Multi-platinum singer/songwriter Andy Grammer will sing the national anthem.
    Josh Criswell, Chron, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The Sunday headliner will be Canadian multi-platinum dance/pop artist Mia Martina.
    Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The multi-platinum artist is undoubtedly one of the luminaries responsible for bridging the gap between hip-hop and mainstream music and fashion.
    Essence, 28 June 2021

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