crystalline
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L.A.’s smog changed just about everything around us — even the crystalline light that the Chamber of Commerce bragged about, that enticed people to come here.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
These included metals such as copper, noble gases under extreme pressure such as argon in crystalline state, and the complex solid-solid phase transition of tin.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026
That sharp crystalline hit against the fudgy crumb makes the chocolate taste deeper.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026
The term derives from the white crystalline powder used in cleaning, soldering, glass making and in pesticides, which in centuries past was sold as a cure-all.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Taking the briefcase, he got out into the still, crystalline winter air of Michigan.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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