chrome
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A splash of chrome against an elegant eggshell-blue dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Several homes stood dangerously close to the edge of massive pits dug with excavators by miners seeking access to chrome deposits.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
More than 600 people work at the site, which manufactures about 400,000 tonnes of tin, chrome and coated steels for the packaging industry every year.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Silver and chrome ore output rose, it added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
He came up with a chrome and started shouting and stuff.
From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers
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As it ought to be, the interior is spectacular, with traditional eyeball vents and chromed organ-pull dampers sharing space with discretely deployed digital displays and other modern conveniences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
One half was chromed, the other stainless steel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
They also incorporate approximations of architectural forms in miniature ranging from cylindrical brick smokestacks to a chromed arch mimicking St. Louis’s famed Gateway Arch, a monument to westward expansion designed by Eero Saarinen.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
Fernández’s show features four 2019 works from her “Dark Earth” series, chromed metal panels inscribed with horizontal lines and sketched with mountain scenes rendered in multiple media, notably chunky charcoal.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
Chrome mordanted wool should be dyed without delay, as it is rather sensitive to light, especially the yellow sort, which gradually changes into the green sort of chromed wool.
From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Franklin Beech
After migrating to the United States as a teenager, Rodriguez so wanted to work at a chroming facility that he started by cleaning bathrooms and delivering parts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
Platers will have to switch to less toxic — and less shiny, and more expensive — chroming material, something Rodriguez doesn’t think his peers and customers will embrace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
Gonzalez explained that the steel is far cheaper than chroming, but few customers ask for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
When all the stripping, chroming, raking, molding, metal flaking and polishing are done, a chopper, righteously gleaming from fishtail exhaust to brakeless front wheel, may have cost its owner $5,000 in materials and labor.
From Time Magazine Archive
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After chroming, wash thoroughly to remove all traces of acid.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech