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ivory

[ahy-vuh-ree, ahy-vree] / ˈaɪ və ri, ˈaɪ vri /


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When suddenly, from the depths of this cave, he pulled out a very crumpled, brown paper bag with soft, ivory fabric peaking out between the twine handles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Frank Pope, CEO of conservation organisation Save the Elephants, told the BBC the pressure on Amboseli's elephants isn't ivory anymore.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Chey paired an ivory suit with a black tie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Despite their evolutionary distance, the team discovered that both butterflies and moths repeatedly relied on the same two genes, ivory and optix, to produce nearly identical warning colors.

From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026

It must be said in explanation that the statue did not look like a statue; no one would have thought it was ivory or stone, but warm human flesh, motionless for a moment only.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Why are so many of your fabrics tans, ivories or “goat-colored”?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

This is not a concert in which the lead singer will occasionally tinkle the ivories for effect.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2025

Established in 1957 – three years before independence - the museum houses objects from across the country, including Ife bronze and terracotta heads, Benin brass plaques and ivories, and Ibibio masks and costumes.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2024

Their lives and possessions — their ivories and porcelains, their prayer books and sketchbooks — map a century of forced migration, colonial expansion and absorption into high society.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

“How are you all doing?” the nurse said, bounding in and exhibiting her ivories again.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel




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