translucence
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Some shrimp varieties don’t turn pink or orange when cooked, and some curl into tight spirals while others barely form a crescent when heated, so the best indicator is the shift from translucence to opacity.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2024
The scene onstage was nothing but surreal — fragmented light beams suggesting a proscenium; towering, billowing curtains lit in dreamy shades of blue, their translucence revealing the impression of a building facade beyond.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2022
The work morphs with the day’s light, moving between opacity and translucence, at times monochromatic and other times featuring bleeding color blocks, like a Rothko painting.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2022
But they also made a lot of music that was slick to the point of translucence, lifestyle product that demanded little more of its listener than their wallet.
From Slate • Dec. 7, 2020
Dr. Rohmer paled to the point of translucence, and the audience gasped.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
Vocabulary lists containing translucence
Prairie Lotus
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The View from Saturday
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luc, lum, lus (light), List 2
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