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chartreuse

[shahr-trooz, -troos, shar-trœz] / ʃɑrˈtruz, -ˈtrus, ʃarˈtrœz /


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Where it’s not peeling off around the edges, it’s covered in chartreuse algae.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2026

Come Sunday, Raman, wearing jeans and a chartreuse cardigan, was greeting bike riders at a Sawtelle coffee shop and speaking to a phone bank group at UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2026

Middeck, Dr. Becky appears in a chartreuse Good Inside sweatshirt—$55 on the Good Inside shop: “the perfect fit for your parenting journey,” according to the site.

From Slate May 10, 2026

It instead used a national platform to tune the affect, or vibes, of her rise: momentum, freedom, joy, the middle class, and “BRAT” chartreuse.

From Salon Dec. 13, 2024

“What’s going on here?” a woman asked from the padded chartreuse leatherette door of the bar.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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