translucent
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The specialist said the species' blue translucent sail allows them to drift huge distances across the surface of the sea.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Sticky, translucent strings dangle from Wesley Smith's chopsticks as the American tourist relishes his natto, the loved-and-hated Japanese fermented soybean superfood going global one slimy mouthful at a time.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Walking down a makeshift runway in a top-floor studio, a model pulls on a translucent, hooded jacket embedded with LED lights.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Bathroom doors that aren’t translucent so the person in there doesn’t wake up the other person sleeping in the room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
That’s the principal trick of Congolese cooking: rubbing two leaves together to give color and taste to another day’s translucent, nutritionally blank ball of manioc.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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