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iridescent

[ir-i-des-uhnt] / ˌɪr ɪˈdɛs ənt /


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And who knew that 19th-century San Francisco socialites ground up iridescent abalone shells and sprinkled them on their invitations?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Drawn to the iridescent glass, Saar lined the artifacts on the fence and encouraged her daughters to keep an eye out, too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The team found that sea silk's iridescent appearance comes from layered spherical protein structures known as "photonin."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

Matt said the highlight of the experience would be the blue morpho butterfly from central America, "with iridescent blue wings, darting and flitting" around the space.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

But the sheepherder merely chucked all these iridescent artifacts into a great gleaming pile and flailed away some more with his shovel.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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