chrome
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A splash of chrome against an elegant eggshell-blue dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Several homes stood dangerously close to the edge of massive pits dug with excavators by miners seeking access to chrome deposits.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
More than 600 people work at the site, which manufactures about 400,000 tonnes of tin, chrome and coated steels for the packaging industry every year.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Silver and chrome ore output rose, it added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
It always looked freshly washed and waxed, its chrome grille polished.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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As it ought to be, the interior is spectacular, with traditional eyeball vents and chromed organ-pull dampers sharing space with discretely deployed digital displays and other modern conveniences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
Then, three weeks after that, came Diesel, with its 1,000 forms of denim: tufted, frayed, collaged, chromed, recycled, reinvented.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
Fernández’s show features four 2019 works from her “Dark Earth” series, chromed metal panels inscribed with horizontal lines and sketched with mountain scenes rendered in multiple media, notably chunky charcoal.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
She said she loves Phasma’s chromed appearance and genderless power.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2017
Chrome mordanted wool should be dyed without delay, as it is rather sensitive to light, especially the yellow sort, which gradually changes into the green sort of chromed wool.
From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Franklin Beech
Gonzalez explained that the steel is far cheaper than chroming, but few customers ask for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
Platers will have to switch to less toxic — and less shiny, and more expensive — chroming material, something Rodriguez doesn’t think his peers and customers will embrace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
After migrating to the United States as a teenager, Rodriguez so wanted to work at a chroming facility that he started by cleaning bathrooms and delivering parts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
When all the stripping, chroming, raking, molding, metal flaking and polishing are done, a chopper, righteously gleaming from fishtail exhaust to brakeless front wheel, may have cost its owner $5,000 in materials and labor.
From Time Magazine Archive
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This chroming thoroughly fixes the colour on the cotton and it will not change while being finished, either by crabbing, steaming or hot pressing.
From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Franklin Beech