matte
Example Sentences
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This makes it possible to switch between glossy and matte finishes, producing visual effects that surpass what current screens can achieve.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
The fancy shoppy-shop with quinoa and bulgur in matte, tasteful tubs?
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
In one project, the couple saved several hundred dollars by spray-painting existing light fixtures matte black rather than replacing them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
Where “Cross” might be said to have a matte finish, “The Day of the Jackal,” created by the Northern Irish novelist and screenwriter Ronan Bennett, is high-gloss.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024
She stared at buildings and cars and signboards, all of them matte, disappointingly matte; in the landscape of her imagination, the mundane things in America were covered in a high-shine gloss.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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