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crystal

[kris-tl] / ˈkrɪs tl /


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“I made it crystal clear: The second the fund is no longer independent, Helmsley is out,” Panzirer said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"I'm crystal ball gazing and can do it reasonably well on a good day, but nowhere near with the clarity of the nanopore, which gives a comprehensive molecular classification," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Physicists at TU Dortmund University showed in January 2024 that a continuous time crystal could persist inside a semiconductor, with its oscillations remaining stable for hours.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Some might say that Plaschke laid down the curse at the start of the season, but looking at the Dodgers now just before postseason, it points instead to Plaschke’s crystal ball being quite clear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

“I don’t have a crystal ball. I don’t know how it’s all gonna work out.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Zircon crystals can also preserve microscopic structures created by the intense pressures generated during an impact.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Those changes can be detected with these imaging techniques, allowing researchers to verify that the crystals recorded the collision itself.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Salt crystals used to treat the garments were also reproduced on jackets and brooches.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The crystals and lamé of their outfits played with the light from the disco ball hanging from the ceiling.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

She holds out her hand, smiling as the crystals dissolve over her skin.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

A shining god raised me, and bade my fears Be flown, and I beheld the glorious throne Of crystaled light; with rays by man unknown.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous

“The house was crystalled out,” she told Vogue, but she didn’t want visitors to think she was a “crystal person”.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2019

She imagined that across these richly carved entrance-ways, where the globed and crystalled lamps shone upon panelled doors set with stained and designed panes of glass, was neither care nor unsatisfied desire.

From Sister Carrie: a Novel by Theodore Dreiser

Now I ascended, or again descended the dropping and crystalled rocks; now crept into openings, which suddenly terminated, and turning again, anxiously listened to the sound of the rippling water as my only guide.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various

The frozen moisture of its breathing had settled on its fur in a fine powder of frost, and especially were its jowls, muzzle, and eyelashes whitened by its crystalled breath. 

From Lost Face by Jack London

She imagined that across these richly carved entrance-ways, where the globed and crystalled lamps shone upon paneled doors set with stained and designed panes of glass, was neither care nor unsatisfied desire.

From Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser




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