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lavender

[lav-uhn-der] / ˈlæv ən dər /
NOUN
purple
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She later went from a figure-hugging sheer lavender Gucci gown to a playful daytime polka dot ensemble from Jacquemus matched with retro white sun glasses, with Elle magazine praising her "old Hollywood" dash.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Actress Chase Sui Wonders dripped with diamonds in a pale lavender dress.

From BBC May 4, 2026

With his gray-and-white mane sleekly accentuating his black and lavender ensemble, he struts with an eminence that had me picturing Eartha Kitt in a Bob Fosse spectacular.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

The swish of polyester skirts in spring pastels — lavender, mint, butter-yellow — as the women of the church organized the spread.

From Salon Mar. 15, 2026

Nali withdrew two bulging Ziploc bags, one filled with bundles of lavender tied with white yarn, and another filled with loose leaves of gray-green sage.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Speaking to reporters afterwards, she explained her purple outfit was inspired by her love of lavenders and the calmness they bring.

From BBC Feb. 2, 2026

She experimented with drought-tolerant trees and shrubs including lavenders and even bulbs like daffodils, but “I began to realize that so much of what I planted wasn’t doing well,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 2024

Unburdened by representation, Rothko’s suspended blocks of autonomous color accentuate the strangeness of Church’s palette, especially the array of lavenders, pinks and yellows in his skies.

From New York Times Dec. 2, 2020

For example, although Hidcote and Munstead are considered ornamental twins, as silver-leafed compact English lavenders, “Munstead was much better than Hidcote” in winter survival, Hawke said.

From Washington Post Feb. 13, 2018

She and William saw them at dusk, when “the sky was so very lovely, too, maroons, lavenders, blues.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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