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crystalline

[kris-tl-in, -ahyn, -een] / ˈkrɪs tl ɪn, -ˌaɪn, -ˌin /


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Instead of transforming into another crystalline phase before melting, the carbon kept its diamond structure all the way to the liquid state.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

I considered whipping the miso into cold butter, making a compound butter to scrape over oven-hot sourdough before adding tomato slices and crystalline hunks of salt.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

But the groaning synthesizer underneath her bashful smile tells you something is off — a crystalline tone now distended, unnerving.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

For those, to put it more generously, pulled in by the simple pleasures and crystalline profundities of the text.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The first figure is Asase Yaa, wearing a sparkling crystalline dress.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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