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
When too much potassium salt is added, foods can develop a metallic taste.
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
Sisilla’s mission is to investigate a metallic world of exiled plague victims gone incommunicado.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Henry’s sleeves were rolled above his elbows and the sun glinted metallic off Francis’s pince-nez.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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