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
Suggesting emergence rather than collapse, a winged metal woman rises from a hospital bed, bathed in multicolored light projected across the walls, while translucent metallic fragments dangle overhead.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Begin with minced onion, cooked slowly in the rendered fat until fully softened and translucent.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026
Perhaps he began by looking through translucent parchment and inking an outline directly on to it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing translucent
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