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scarlet

[skahr-lit] / ˈskɑr lɪt /




NOUN
carmine
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Rearing the snails - as well as other critically endangered invertebrates such as scarlet malachite beetles, ladybird spiders and tadpole shrimp - has become a family affair.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Illuminated by her signature scarlet red clothing and tastefully shrouded in sheets, the soft expression on her face was inspired by Raphael’s “La Fornarina.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Backers say the limits avoid saddling arrestees with a digital scarlet letter that can cause lasting harm in employment and housing even after an acquittal or dismissal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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

Often, just before dawn, there is no color to be seen in Le Cirque des Rêves save for their small splashes of scarlet.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

As passing days begin to ignite the scarlets and the golds on treetops or twigs, Friday helped show how much their flame owes to the autumn sunshine.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2022

But I recommend staying with “Bojagi” until the shock of its variety fades and you can pick out the scarlets, eggplants and other gorgeous colors of its individual squares.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022

“His brush is loaded with lots of oil paint in scarlets and pale pinks. You get a sense of the movement, texture and lusciousness of the painted surface.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2016

The scarlets, cobalts and chrome yellows are intense in some passages, depleted in others.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2010

At the end of the room was a small dais, and, on it, a cream-colored casket with several displays of flowers arranged about it: scarlets and yellows and whites and deep, bloody purples.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman


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