metallic
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The liquids usually contain the metallic element vanadium.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The metallic is pulling it all together and the butterfly clips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Sisilla’s mission is to investigate a metallic world of exiled plague victims gone incommunicado.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The cylinder will be placed inside a metallic bell that leaves an air pocket that is supposed to keep moisture out of the inner chamber.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
It was something like a helicopter, painted a metallic gray-black like the photos of a stealth bomber in Otto’s airplane encyclopedia.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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