variants
also slatey
as in slate
of the color gray
slaty stones in the riverbed
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Adjective
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Below it, Måneskin bassist Victoria De Angelis played an upbeat DJ set, wearing a silver party dress from the collection, attracting as much attention as the cool girls who joined her at the end for a dance finale.—
Laia Farran Graves,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025 -
Police said the suspect was wearing a black balaclava mask and was seen driving away in a silver car, CBC reported.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There was a single pillow and a worn gray blanket that lay folded at the foot.—
Graydon Carter,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Wearing tan prison garb and sporting a newly gray head of hair and beard, Combs, 55, denied the new allegations included in a superseding indictment prosecutors filed in March.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Goldie’s also hosts a delightful afternoon tea, with sweets like strawberry and cream cake, peaches and cream tart, early grey tea mousse along with savories such as butter scones, coronation gougere (cheese Gougère, coronation chicken salad, apricots, almonds), and burrata tomato tartine.—
Rona Berg,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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While Ivanka dreamt of an American design for the speech, first lady Melania Trump had Paris on her mind in a grey jacket and matching skirt from Dior — which held its Paris Fashion Week fall 2025 show on the same day.—
WWD Staff,
WWD,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Kyurem Kyurem is a dual-type, grayish blue Dragon/Ice Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation V (Black and White).—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Lumina, owned by European and Canadian investment firms, is digging out anorthosite, a grayish mineral used in paints and glass fibers.—
Jeffrey Gettleman,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Slaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaty. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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