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once given away as a cheap prize at carnivals, this opalescent glass is now highly prized by collectors
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On the lagoon, villas open out onto sweeping wooden decks with opalescent plunge pools, cabanas, floor hammocks that hover over the sea as well as steps that lead right into it.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
Look to opalescent chrome powders, which can shift from pink to blue to green and give a milky white manicure underneath some unexpected pizzazz.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 23 May 2026
Orlando sees their house from a distance below them, small as an opalescent shell.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
As the world outside begins to resemble the full-moon mating frenzy of the opalescent squid, crack open Sylvia Townsend Warner’s 1948 novel about nuns eking out an existence in a 14th-century convent and one night of celibacy might not seem so bad.
—Air Mail, 14 Feb. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
Look to opalescent chrome powders, which can shift from pink to blue to green and give a milky white manicure underneath some unexpected pizzazz.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 23 May 2026
Orlando sees their house from a distance below them, small as an opalescent shell.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
As the world outside begins to resemble the full-moon mating frenzy of the opalescent squid, crack open Sylvia Townsend Warner’s 1948 novel about nuns eking out an existence in a 14th-century convent and one night of celibacy might not seem so bad.
—Air Mail, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Opalescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opalescent. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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opalescent
adjective
opal·es·cent
ˌō-pə-ˈles-ᵊnt 
: reflecting an iridescent light
saliva is a viscous opalescent fluid
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