calico

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Adjective
  • One of his images features a mostly dry riverbed, its sand mysteriously streaked.
    Alex Cuadros, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Then, the plant emits some sort of gas right into Devin’s face, and his mug once again becomes streaked in black.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Related Articles Begum’s multicolored modular sculptures are dotted along the hotel’s garden space, redesigned by Pulitzer Amsterdam’s creative director, Jacu Strauss, and Dutch landscape architect Copijn in 2016.
    Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The first thing that may have caught your attention about today’s deal was was the bright, multicolored keyboard.
    Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Calico.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calico. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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