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scarlet

[skahr-lit] / ˈskɑr lɪt /




NOUN
carmine
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I put some scarlet runner beans from the Hollywood Farmers Market over it to symbolize the gathering cultures of Native American tribes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

In the film, Huppert's countess character returns to life in a scarlet red funeral barge sailing into in the Seegrotte, an underground Viennese lake popular with tourists.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

This region shelters not only migratory songbirds but also jaguars, tapirs, and scarlet macaws.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

Even when Beth dies from the after-effects of scarlet fever, the March sisters aren’t shattered but brought closer together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

The younger class had just finished, and the store was flooded with six-year-olds, prancing for their mothers in red velvet hats and skirts sparkling with sequins of deep scarlet.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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