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silver

[sil-ver] / ˈsɪl vər /


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The objects of traditional Catholic practice were recontextualized; the heavy silver crucifixes, rosaries and black funeral lace instead became a stylized armor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Recent scientific research also reveals that silver was acquired by the Egyptian state around 2600 BCE.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

It was metallic blue for Hernandez, silver for Ysabel Jurado and ultraviolet for her own historic primary upset in June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

He often used music, film clips and photos of global political leaders to make dramatic videos while talking about the rise and fall of the share market and prices of gold and silver.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

It was loaded with a big bag of flour, a huge silver mixing bowl, salt, buttermilk, and baking powder.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The Swiss star, who has also won two world silvers and a bronze in the discipline, was the form rider going into the championships.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Russia topped the medal table with 13 golds, 13 silvers and seven bronzes, while Mexico and Mongolia competed at a Winter Paralympics for the first time.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

But Gu, who now has three Olympic golds and three silvers in total, produced a dazzling performance in the second round to wow the judges.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

She’d racked up three silvers and two bronzes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

The silvers were running in immense schools, they said, mostly on the flood tide.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

A little silvered glass could be worth its weight in gold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

At 50, still in the blush of youth by today’s silvered political standards, Porter has plenty of highway ahead of her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024

Ms Quinn said: "Daguerre developed a way of taking pictures using a polished silvered plate and a camera. This produced a single image printed directly onto a plate with astonishing clarity, named the daguerreotype."

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024

One high status woman in her 20s with mixed ancestry was laid to rest near modern Cambridge under a prominent mound with silvered jewelry, amber beads, and a whole cow.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 21, 2022

Dany glanced at her image in the silvered looking glass that Illyrio had so thoughtfully provided.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

It may have been 44 years ago, but how does a Milwaukeean of a certain, silvering age not remember the last time the Brewers were in the World Series?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Screen Goo is highly pigmented and has a little silvering in the paint that reflects light back at lots of different angles.

From The Verge ● Feb. 24, 2020

A thickset Catholic businessman with silvering hair and bloodshot eyes, he was wearing a loose denim shirt.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 4, 2016

A typical example: “The moon is a sickled leopard’s tooth pinned to obsidian, its light silvering the violent undulations scoring the skin of your unforgiving water.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2016

They looked out over the pool with the afternoon sky silvering its surface.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer


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