violet
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The paper is titled "Towards fibre-like loss for photonic integration from violet to near-infrared."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Suddenly, the world is plunged into an eerie, violet darkness.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Attendees are encouraged to wear indigo, deep blue or violet colors to get fully immersed in the Sunday gathering on Aug. 9. 10-11 a.m.,
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Claire’s, the accessories store and mall staple that has pierced the ears of more than 131 million customers over the decades, had long built its brand with a distinctive shade of bright violet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Jenna’s hair was now a deep, dark violet.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
The color palette is dominated by greens, blues and violets toward the east, marking the sun’s rise, and reds, oranges and golds to the west.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A military band marches among flowerbeds of pansies and violets.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
A lot of people find his large paintings consoling, or seek the Romantic sublime in the depths of his reds and violets.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
Her poems are powerful and dangerous, like violets pushing through concrete to kiss the sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
She carried a burgeoning bouquet of four late violets, white ones, picked dew-fresh that very morning from a shady corner of the palace gardens.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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