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opalescence

[oh-puh-les-uhns] / ˌoʊ pəˈlɛs əns /
NOUN
iridescence
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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Here, he is joined by the harpist Brandee Younger, who adds some lunar opalescence to his sound.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

Mering’s distinct alto has the opalescence of Karen Carpenter’s voice and the enveloping benevolence of Cass Elliot’s, though as a songwriter she shares a certain millennial poeticism with Lana Del Rey.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

His 1910 paper on "critical opalescence" explained, among other things, what?

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2011

If the Nixon Administration has acquired a reputation for somewhat gray formality, it appeared for this day to have taken on something like opalescence.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a certain aspect, there plays over this spot a violet opalescence of exceeding richness.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Philip Henry Gosse


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