metallic

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Five eyeball-style air vents, with illuminated bezels and metallic accents, are arrayed across the dash.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Researchers are especially interested in Psyche because it may represent the exposed metallic core of an ancient planetesimal, a building block of planets that formed early in the solar system's history.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Rare earths are a group of 17 metallic elements that have been described as the spice of manufacturing.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Glass vases with metallic finishes of unnatural blue, green and gold are drowned in palm leaf motifs, ready to be flowered.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

There is something coppery about it, a metallic smell mixed with the smell of urine and feces, when something, when somebody, is afraid.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen