metallic
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One ballerina selected from her stash a leotard whose gray velour later read as metallic silver under the studio lights during her grand adagio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Intermetallics are solid materials made from two or more metallic elements arranged in a highly ordered crystal structure.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
But they are expensive and typically use a metallic element - vanadium - that is only produced in a few places round the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The tower of the former Pfizer headquarters was built in the 1960s, alternating sleek rows of metallic cladding and rectangular windows up a wedding-cake-shaped facade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Kelton’s father is out in the garage making masculine metallic noises, and Kelton seems to be everywhere at once, like a watchdog obsessively checking that everything in his world is secure.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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