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blue-green

[bloo-green] / ˈbluˈgrin /


NOUN
turquoise
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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Nevertheless, a cheeky portion of blue-green paint contorts itself into a standing position in the corner, fighting against the weight that urges the rest of the work Earthward.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The show featured red, orange, yellow, pink, blue, blue-green and white diamonds, ranging from 5.11 carats of the Moussaieff Red to 203.04 carats of the De Beers Millennium Star.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Lough Neagh has been turned green for the past three summers, due to potentially toxic blue-green algal blooms.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Those sown in August are currently just tiny blue-green shoots.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Each time, in his kindness, The Giver ended the afternoon with a color-filled memory of pleasure: a brisk sail on a blue-green lake; a meadow dotted with yellow wildflowers; an orange sunset behind mountains.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry




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