variegation
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The results are Romantic landscapes in miniature, with the variegation of the stone transforming into fields, skies and mountains whose beauty is further enhanced by the delicate metalwork in which they’re mounted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
“This variegation decreases their fitness, which makes them more scarce,” Jonard said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
But these shifts feel deliberate, like the clicking of a slide projector rather than the smooth variegation of a kaleidoscope, and the landscape always clears atop that steady pulse.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2016
The Rockies may offer wilder wildernesses, but you don’t experience the pleasure of sharp cultural variegation as you move from place to place.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 11, 2016
Sometimes the colours ran together, and made a little river or lake of lambent, interfusing, and changing tints, which, by their variegation, seemed to imitate the flowing of water, or waves made by the wind.
From The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald
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