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Recent Examples of roseate The elements coalesced in a moment that was both polished and playful, the vibe rounded out by some go-to makeup touches—roseate lips, power brows, and a few swipes of mascara. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2022 Cape Cod: Large numbers of shearwaters offshore including 2,250 great shearwaters, 750 Cory’s shearwaters, 90 sooty shearwaters, and 100 manx shearwaters, in addition to a Baird’s sandpiper, a black tern, and three roseate terns. BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 And Billie Eilish took the self-facing art form back to its roots with a series of pouty mirror snaps with a mussed chop and roseate blush. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 24 July 2022 Carnivores also include reptiles like the Burmese python and the gharial, birds like vultures and roseate spoonbills, and some cuter mammals like otters and seals. Zachary Smith, cleveland, 26 May 2022 An elegant pompadour updo worn with a soft-focus glow punctuated by roseate smoky eyes, fluttery falsies, and a bright cherry red lip. Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2022 Visitors can spot egrets, anhingas, ducks, eagles, hawks, vultures, gallinules, osprey, blackbirds, roseate spoonbills, woodpeckers and more. Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Dec. 2021 These ringing blue skies, these wide roseate plains, these great, windy sweeps of land exist nowhere else. Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021 From Georges Island in Boston Harbor, sightings included flyby eight great shearwaters, a Cory’s shearwater, 16 Wilson’s storm-petrels, a whimbrel, a Forster’s tern, 12 roseate terns, and two cliff swallows. BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roseate
Adjective
  • The fourth-round draft pick had a promising rookie season in 2024, even after sustaining a scary neck injury in late November.
    Alex Zietlow and, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2025
  • His promising early baseball career took a back seat in 1943 when he was taken into the Navy and served as a radio operator on the USS Coral Sea during World War II.
    Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • On March 1, Mercury is shining at a very bright magnitude of –1.0.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2025
  • It’s designed to work with makeup to prep skin first and keep peepers looking fresh and bright all day long, plus has a brightening effect to visibly reduces dark circles over time.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But while many in Altadena’s entrepreneurial community remain optimistic about a recovery, multiple business owners described lengthy and difficult roads ahead.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The Future of Foreign Aid: Rethink, Not Retreat Despite dramatic aid shifts being experienced around the world, Haddad remains cautiously optimistic.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • One of these is a relatively rosy economic scenario, the other less so, nonetheless, either or both would likely see rate cutting by the FOMC.
    Simon Moore, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Her makeup, meanwhile, consisted of winged eyeliner, pink blush and a rosy mauve lip.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Besides, Abrahamian noted, the trade in golden visas from places like Portugal and Malta, both E.U. member states, has been going on for long enough that most ultra-rich people who want one already have one.
    Felix Salmon, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Portugal offers a variety of appealing residency options, including a golden visa (although there’s no real estate investment option), a digital nomad visa, and more.
    Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Roseate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roseate. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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