as in colorful
marked by a variety of usually vivid colors
with its prismatic plumage, the ruby-throated hummingbird is one of our garden's most prized visitors
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Recent Examples of prismatic
Here clearly wants to offer a prismatic look at a tapestry of human experience.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
But when Rubin came aboard, Coppola started to lean away from the biological design into more of the shape language where modern architecture is headed (prismatic, rigid, linear).
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
Designed with weight-reducing features, such as the thinning of small fan ribs and prismatic cuts on larger ribs, the fan remains light and easy to handle while retaining structural integrity.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2024
This non-stick formula is lightweight on the skin and the prismatic pigment ensures that your lips always capture some sparkle in the light.
—Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
But when Rubin came aboard, Coppola started to lean away from the biological design into more of the shape language where modern architecture is headed (prismatic, rigid, linear).
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
Designed with weight-reducing features, such as the thinning of small fan ribs and prismatic cuts on larger ribs, the fan remains light and easy to handle while retaining structural integrity.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2024
This non-stick formula is lightweight on the skin and the prismatic pigment ensures that your lips always capture some sparkle in the light.
—Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for prismatic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prismatic
Adjective
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Interior designer Eric Hughes and architect Gordon Kahn customized the place for Cohen's taste, which features blue kitchen cabinets with gold hardware, colorful wallpaper prints — and of course, a disco ball.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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At the height of their popularity in the 1630s, a bona fide tulip mania swept through the country, and single bulbs of the most colorful species were worth more than their weight in gold.—
Chris Schalkx,
AFAR Media,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Ghostly encounters are peppered through the promo, to varied levels of fear.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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In stacked and varied casts during his time on the show, Sudeikis more than held his own, displaying a star wattage (even while playing a dancing sidekick) that's gone on to serve him especially well since leaving in 2013.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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Suspended from the fashionable wooden arch are a teething ring, crinkly rainbow, rattle, mirror, and plush moon to promote hand-eye coordination.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
24 Oct. 2024
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The Garvin flies both a rainbow Pride flag and a Black Lives Matter flag, prompting the occasional shouted slur.—
Brian Owens,
Scientific American,
18 Oct. 2023
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“Prismatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prismatic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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