metallic
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The results allowed them to rule out explanations involving strain, material degradation, inhomogeneity, and metallic screening effects.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
Our teal-green metallic test car gained $143,710 worth of personalization on its way out the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
He arrives at election counts wearing a metallic dustbin-shaped helmet, a silver cape and silver-and-black armour and brandishing his razor-sharp, deadpan sense of humour.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
One ballerina selected from her stash a leotard whose gray velour later read as metallic silver under the studio lights during her grand adagio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
It probably started with that first pop of air against metallic plastic, no louder than a champagne cork.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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