ebony
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The exhibition also spotlighted India's diverse range of high-quality hardwoods such as teak, rosewood and ebony, and the country's deeply-rooted traditions of intricate handcrafting by local artisans.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Christie's had dubbed the box, decorated with ebony, as "the most important scientific instrument ever offered at auction" and it had been expected to fetch 2-3 million euros.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
Far, far away in the vastness of deep space, an ebony spaceship awaits.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
The editor who came to see him told her colleagues, he recalled, that she had just discovered “a tall, ebony young man with the most inspirational fashions.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2023
People were coming from as far away as Barahona to talk “through” this ebony black sibyl with the Mirabal sisters.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Well-known trees such as magnolias are among the most threatened, with oaks, maple and ebonies also at risk.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
Oak trees, maple trees and ebonies also face threats, the report said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2021
The final space features seven sculptures, carved from Texan and Gabon ebonies.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
If these hybrids are inbred there is a continuous series of individuals, sooties, intermediates and ebonies.
From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Thomas Hunt Morgan
If the ebony, then in the second generation we count three ebonies to one sooty, putting the hybrids with the ebonies.
From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Thomas Hunt Morgan
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