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silvery

[sil-vuh-ree] / ˈsɪl və ri /
ADJECTIVE
argent
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Rarely has one person so dominated the fashion stakes, with a specially made silvery Jacquemus bustier dress on opening night, followed by an enormous hot pink Barbie ballgown by edgy French-Canadian fashion label Matieres Fecales.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

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

Photos shared by the department show a silvery gray fox bounding majestically across a white snowy plain beneath towering, sunlit alpine peaks.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

A few years ago, Mr Kim began to notice that the popular silvery hairtail fish he relied on were disappearing from local waters, and his earnings plunged by half.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2025

Fat carp schooled so thick they formed writhing mats of silvery scales on the surface.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat




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