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full of fine words and fancy expressions
an overwritten novel with far too many purple patches
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Recent Examples of purple
Dark circles under the eyes usually appear purple, blue, brown, or black, similar to a bruise.
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
Its flowers can be red, pink, white, purple, peach, or yellow.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025
How to Play Connections The categories vary in difficulty from yellow to green to blue to purple, with yellow considered the easiest category and purple the trickiest.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
The exterior is painted in bold turquoise and purple stripes, string lights adorn the multilevel porch seating areas, live music is a regular occurrence, and the dining room walls are covered in neon signs, surf boards, bumper stickers, and all kinds of other beachy paraphernalia.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
Its flowers can be red, pink, white, purple, peach, or yellow.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025
How to Play Connections The categories vary in difficulty from yellow to green to blue to purple, with yellow considered the easiest category and purple the trickiest.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
The exterior is painted in bold turquoise and purple stripes, string lights adorn the multilevel porch seating areas, live music is a regular occurrence, and the dining room walls are covered in neon signs, surf boards, bumper stickers, and all kinds of other beachy paraphernalia.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Purple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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