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silvery

[sil-vuh-ree] / ˈsɪl və ri /
ADJECTIVE
argent
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And while such daily interactions are reduced to thumbs slipping over greasy rectangles of glass, pinball is irreducibly concrete: physics and mechanics turned into dazzling entertainment, a silvery dance with gravity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

They are wrapped on all sides in silvery wire mesh of decidedly industrial character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

"What you're looking for with an aurora is a shimmery, silvery cloud," says Heymans.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Jeff Koons stood atop a construction lift and planted a small, silvery gray dudleya succulent on the nose of his monumental topiary sculpture “Split-Rocker” at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

There’s only a big, dark-skinned guy in deep blue robes and a matching blue African kufi hat embroidered with silvery stars.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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