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Recent Examples of metallic
Experts will soon conduct a metallurgical analysis, which will shed light on the dagger’s metallic composition and the techniques used to create it.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
In Salonen’s reading of that music, Mussorgsky’s score is lean, metallic and very fast.
—Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The Academy Award-winning actress paired the look with dangling diamond earrings, a silver Gucci clutch purse and metallic platform high-heel shoes.
—Lori A Bashian Fox News, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Its tires were meant to last 40km and were made with metallic mesh, but did fail at the end of the mission.
—James Morris, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
In Salonen’s reading of that music, Mussorgsky’s score is lean, metallic and very fast.
—Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The Academy Award-winning actress paired the look with dangling diamond earrings, a silver Gucci clutch purse and metallic platform high-heel shoes.
—Lori A Bashian Fox News, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Its tires were meant to last 40km and were made with metallic mesh, but did fail at the end of the mission.
—James Morris, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metallic
Adjective
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Their bathroom floor also pooled with water after showering, and noise from other apartments, like the shrill beeps of a low-battery smoke detector next door, carried through the paper-thin walls.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
22 Apr. 2025
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As such, The Studio is shrill and talky, its chaotic scenes sparked by random performers like Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Polley, all of whom want something from Remick.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That strategy drew a furious response from some of the city’s employee unions, who distributed posters comparing Villaraigosa to Wisconsin’s then-Gov. Scott Walker, viewed at that time as a strident foe of organized labor.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Whatever his political intent, Lai has become more strident on cross-Taiwan Strait questions in recent weeks.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Heat fans have been encouraged to wear white to Saturday’s game, and Adebayo expects a raucous atmosphere.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
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That’s about the only thing that went awry Thursday night for Golden and his new team, a sparkling partnership met with raucous applause that is sure to produce even more fireworks soon.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The major-sevenths, by stuffing four notes into the chords, offered greater harmonic options, and Sikes was determined to take advantage of them, encouraging Wayne to incorporate the dissonant notes into her high harmonies.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
22 Apr. 2025
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And there’s a blunt, pulp poetry to Manny’s conclusion (if not a particularly sensitive one), driven to despair by an inability to live in the dissonant but very real space between one’s religious moral compass and the realities of one’s life.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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John’s raspy voice here works so well for a later-in-life memoirist. 81.—
Shana Naomi Krochmal,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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By Angela Haupt January 29, 2025 3:40 PM EST Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, speaks with a raspy quiver in his voice.—
Angela Haupt,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The production is moving faster than his raps, which sounds a bit jarring at first.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
22 Apr. 2025
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The result is a jarring financial cliff that could reshape the landscape of public education for years.—
Charlotte Morabito,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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His political opponents viewed him as grating, uncooperative, and at times dogmatic.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2024
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Find it on Amazon Save Dishes With This Hand Grater This Hand Grater has three grating surfaces, a non-slip base, measurements, and a vegetable peeler.—
Hannah Rice,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Our emissions are simply too loud, too noisy, and too difficult to remove.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2025
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The resulting truck was so noisy it couldn’t be sold in several states, including California, Florida, and Maryland.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Metallic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metallic. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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