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Like polluted sunsets and iridescent oil slicks, end-of-life electronics can be quite beautiful.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
This year, oil slick nails and beetle manicures are at the top of her list.
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 15 Jan. 2025
Picture the surface of a soap bubble or a rainbow-like oil slick.
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Karina Zaiets, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
Four teenagers find themselves on an isolated lake float, trapped by a creature that looks like an oil slick, but behaves with ravenous and agonizing intent.
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Neil McRobert, Vulture, 20 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1887, in the meaning defined above
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“Oil slick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20slick. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
oil slick
noun
: a film of oil floating on water
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