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chameleon

[kuh-mee-lee-uhn, -meel-yuhn] / kəˈmi li ən, -ˈmil jən /
NOUN
inconstant person
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Same cheery font, same yellow bus blasting through the cosmos, same depiction of wacky teacher Ms. Frizzle and her cute chameleon sidekick Liz.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

Tromp was photographing a Namaqua chameleon in the Namib Desert when the wind suddenly intensified, bringing a sandstorm that quickly reduced visibility and made breathing difficult.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

What’s inevitably lost is the excitement of watching a single performer act the chameleon, flipping between characters as if changing psychic TV channels.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The years since the publication of “Hillbilly Elegy” demonstrated that Vance is, at his heart, an opportunist and a chameleon.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

He was one of those rare kids who could move in pretty much any crowd, a regular teenage chameleon who in theory everyone should have hated.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

On a recent visit, it was hard to decide what was more surreal: the carved statues of snails, chameleons and turtles that decorate the church’s exterior or the circuslike scene around it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

He referenced chameleons in his 1704 book Optiks, a collection of three decades of his ideas on color and light.

From Science Daily Nov. 19, 2025

We view ourselves as chameleons, because we want to be ourselves, but we want to play to the audience.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2025

Through lockdown we had about 25 animals at home, including meerkats and chameleons.

From BBC Apr. 1, 2024

When chameleons change color, they change the way the iridophore cells are organized to affect how light reflects off their skin.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste



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