opalescence

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Here, he is joined by the harpist Brandee Younger, who adds some lunar opalescence to his sound.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024

Mering’s distinct alto has the opalescence of Karen Carpenter’s voice and the enveloping benevolence of Cass Elliot’s, though as a songwriter she shares a certain millennial poeticism with Lana Del Rey.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022

His 1910 paper on "critical opalescence" explained, among other things, what?

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2011

If the Nixon Administration has acquired a reputation for somewhat gray formality, it appeared for this day to have taken on something like opalescence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Orme pushed a chair to the window of the sitting-room and smoked lazily, looking out over the beautiful expanse of Lake Michigan, which reflected from its glassy surface the wonderful opalescence of early evening.

From The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure by Merwin, Bannister