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scarlet

[skahr-lit] / ˈskɑr lɪt /




NOUN
carmine
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Her parents took her to Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, but doctors initially thought she had scarlet fever or Strep A, and sent her home, according to her parents.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

I put some scarlet runner beans from the Hollywood Farmers Market over it to symbolize the gathering cultures of Native American tribes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

In the film, Huppert's countess character returns to life in a scarlet red funeral barge sailing into in the Seegrotte, an underground Viennese lake popular with tourists.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

Studies show that ʻiʻiwi, also known as the scarlet honeycreeper, face a mortality rate of about 90 percent if infected.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026

He saw Spitz run out his scarlet tongue in a way he had of laughing; and he saw François, swinging an axe, spring into the mess of dogs.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London

As passing days begin to ignite the scarlets and the golds on treetops or twigs, Friday helped show how much their flame owes to the autumn sunshine.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2022

But I recommend staying with “Bojagi” until the shock of its variety fades and you can pick out the scarlets, eggplants and other gorgeous colors of its individual squares.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022

“His brush is loaded with lots of oil paint in scarlets and pale pinks. You get a sense of the movement, texture and lusciousness of the painted surface.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2016

The scarlets, cobalts and chrome yellows are intense in some passages, depleted in others.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2010

At the end of the room was a small dais, and, on it, a cream-colored casket with several displays of flowers arranged about it: scarlets and yellows and whites and deep, bloody purples.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman




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