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as in glowing
having a healthy reddish skin tone
the merry, red, smiling face of Santa Claus
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as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
the streams of red lava were especially spectacular at night
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as in rebel
a person who rises up against authority
the reds demanded a violent overthrow of the government
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as in communist
capitalized
an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
the story of John Reed, the only American Red buried within the Kremlin
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Recent Examples of red
Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2023
Keep reading for 9 trends seen on the runways and red carpets that everyone will be adopting soon.
—Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2024
Perhaps counterintuitively, reds and oranges are at the lower end of the scale, and blues are at the higher end.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2024
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Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Your Place or Mine, Knock at the Cabin, 80 for Brady and the kickoff of Grammy weekend events.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2023
Keep reading for 9 trends seen on the runways and red carpets that everyone will be adopting soon.
—Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
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To add a chic touch of red to the table, tie a thin red bow around each martini glass.
—Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2024
Perhaps counterintuitively, reds and oranges are at the lower end of the scale, and blues are at the higher end.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for red
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Typhoid, transient, pregnant, poignant, glowing, galloping, parasite.John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Pamela Anderson is flying high at the moment thanks to the most glowing notices of her career in The Last Showgirl.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Jan. 2025
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
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Their nations have also tried to coordinate on policies toward Syria, where rebels recently toppled Bashar al-Assad, the longtime dictator.Edward Wong, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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In The Rise of Skywalker, the rebels manage to amass an army and take the fight to the evil Emperor Palpatine, who threatened to take over the galaxy with the biggest military force ever seen.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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What’s happening to TikTok is wholly rooted in protectionism, of American political and pundit types who were given life by anti-communism acting as sore losers now that the Chinese people are no longer acting like communists.John Tamny, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Back then a good communist, like a good Stalinista Democrat today, had to swallow the party line hook, line and sinker lest you be shunned, purged, attacked and drummed out of the party.Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 15 Nov. 2024
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The Brutalist is a Fitzcarraldo fable of artistic endeavor, a universal immigrant tale and a searing indictment of capitalism Jones plays opposite Brody as Tóth’s wife, Erzsébet, in an indelible portrait of a woman physically broken by war who remains resolutely unbroken in spirit.Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2025
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The nearly three-hour podcast was a perfect storm of virality: comedy, conspiracy, and searing insult, leaving the internet in tatters.Rob Marriott, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Between the old and the new guard, the Washington establishment and disruptive insurgents, and the two sides in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.Scott Wong, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2024
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Syria Civil War While Assad's downfall marked perhaps the most significant turn in Syria's civil war that first erupted from clashes between government forces and an array of insurgents and jihadis in 2011, the rebel victory has brought with it new potential risks.Tom O'Connor, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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In the first entry translated, the notebook's author wished a comrade a happy birthday on Dec. 9.David Brennan, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
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Gi-hun, who claimed the jackpot last season at the expense of hundreds of dead comrades, wants the players to exercise their right to vote to end the game.James Poniewozik, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Suddenly, Newsom started appearing in places such as Bakersfield, Redding and Colusa, among the ruddiest parts of red California.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Just a few spoonfuls of flavorful cocoa (or, in some versions, a couple of tidy squares of baking chocolate) turn this cake a pale, ruddy brown, the same color as the building blocks of brown stone building facades, thus its name.Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Red.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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