translucent
Example Sentences
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Under strong light, however, they become translucent with a grayish green hue.
From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026
This is not the moment to rush; most good soups start quietly, with onions turning translucent or spices warming until they smell like themselves.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
“This very rare geologic feature of translucent petroleum has been filtered by nature,” the sign read.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
Siphonophores -- largely translucent creatures in fanciful shapes resembling toddlers' drawings -- glowed as they drifted by, and silver, fingernail-sized fish skittered out of the sub's wake.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
They are translucent enough for me to see the gross pink tiles behind them.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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