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chrome

[krohm] / kroʊm /




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A splash of chrome against an elegant eggshell-blue dress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Several homes stood dangerously close to the edge of massive pits dug with excavators by miners seeking access to chrome deposits.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

More than 600 people work at the site, which manufactures about 400,000 tonnes of tin, chrome and coated steels for the packaging industry every year.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Silver and chrome ore output rose, it added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

We follow her into a sunny open kitchen with marble countertops, chrome appliances, and cheerfully stacked Fiestaware.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

As it ought to be, the interior is spectacular, with traditional eyeball vents and chromed organ-pull dampers sharing space with discretely deployed digital displays and other modern conveniences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

One half was chromed, the other stainless steel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023

Fernández’s show features four 2019 works from her “Dark Earth” series, chromed metal panels inscribed with horizontal lines and sketched with mountain scenes rendered in multiple media, notably chunky charcoal.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021

Such vehicles, elaborately painted and chromed and fitted out with volcanic stereo systems, function as both sound machines and art objects.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2021

Cross-dye drab, 5 lb. soda crystals and 80 lb. salt, work at the boil for an hour, then lift, wash well and dry; this can be chromed if desired.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech

Gonzalez explained that the steel is far cheaper than chroming, but few customers ask for it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023

After migrating to the United States as a teenager, Rodriguez so wanted to work at a chroming facility that he started by cleaning bathrooms and delivering parts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023

Platers will have to switch to less toxic — and less shiny, and more expensive — chroming material, something Rodriguez doesn’t think his peers and customers will embrace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023

When all the stripping, chroming, raking, molding, metal flaking and polishing are done, a chopper, righteously gleaming from fishtail exhaust to brakeless front wheel, may have cost its owner $5,000 in materials and labor.

From Time Magazine Archive

By coupling, chroming or developing, the direct blacks can be made to give full, deep and fast blacks, and examples of their use in this manner will be found in following sections.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech




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