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crystalline

[kris-tl-in, -ahyn, -een] / ˈkrɪs tl ɪn, -ˌaɪn, -ˌin /


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L.A.’s smog changed just about everything around us — even the crystalline light that the Chamber of Commerce bragged about, that enticed people to come here.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

That sharp crystalline hit against the fudgy crumb makes the chocolate taste deeper.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

The limpid four-movement ballet is both courtly and casual, with its intricately evolving choreographic patterns gently beguiling, as if seen in a crystalline hall of mirrors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

The piece dominates a soaring atrium, capped with a curved, crystalline glass roof.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

The small, secure weight of tools along his belt, the smell of intermittent rain, and the crystalline brilliance of the clouds at dusk: these are the only times when Volkheimer feels marginally whole.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr