ivory
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They sold gold, ivory and ultimately enslaved Africans, often those captured in local conflicts, in exchange for the manufactured goods brought mainly by the British and Dutch, including textiles, alcohol and guns.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
When suddenly, from the depths of this cave, he pulled out a very crumpled, brown paper bag with soft, ivory fabric peaking out between the twine handles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
He’s raced to find ivory shoes for a forgetful groomsman and led a prayer to calm a jittery future husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Despite their evolutionary distance, the team discovered that both butterflies and moths repeatedly relied on the same two genes, ivory and optix, to produce nearly identical warning colors.
From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026
He saw large brown eyes, leathery gray ears that looked familiar but wrong, a trunk, and sharp ivory tusks longer than his arms.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Why are so many of your fabrics tans, ivories or “goat-colored”?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Rumours that Taylor Swift would turn up and tinkle the ivories were shot down by Grammy producer Ben Winston.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
This is not a concert in which the lead singer will occasionally tinkle the ivories for effect.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2025
She started moving her fingers around the ivories just to get a feel for the instrument, and her wife ran in saying, “Press record!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
They played music: Elizebeth on the ivories, William on the violin.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Vocabulary lists containing ivory
Africa - Introductory
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Africa - Middle School
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