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chameleon

[kuh-mee-lee-uhn, -meel-yuhn] / kəˈmi li ən, -ˈmil jən /
NOUN
inconstant person
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What’s inevitably lost is the excitement of watching a single performer act the chameleon, flipping between characters as if changing psychic TV channels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The years since the publication of “Hillbilly Elegy” demonstrated that Vance is, at his heart, an opportunist and a chameleon.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

"He is a chameleon," said 1994 World Cup winner Leonardo, who worked with Ancelotti at AC Milan and Paris St-Germain both as a player and as an executive.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

And then there’s literary chameleon Silvia Moreno-Garcia, who slips into a dark and steamy tale steeped in the tropes of James M. Cain, recent Mexican history and telenovelas.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

How he adapted himself to get along with all the Bahrami men, like a chameleon.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

On a recent visit, it was hard to decide what was more surreal: the carved statues of snails, chameleons and turtles that decorate the church’s exterior or the circuslike scene around it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

The researchers then investigated how the coils develop in young chameleons.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2025

We view ourselves as chameleons, because we want to be ourselves, but we want to play to the audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

"The thing I am saddest about leaving behind was my five pet chameleons," the 26-year-old said.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2023

It is a misconception that chameleons can blend into their background at will.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste


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