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Recent Examples of purple Telly Monster Telly Monster, named for his love for television, is a purple and orange monster who often worries about everything. Casey Clark, Parents, 16 Jan. 2025 How to Play 'Connections' The categories vary in difficulty from yellow to green to blue to purple, with yellow considered the easiest category and purple the trickiest. Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025 The particles scattered sunlight, making our star appear green, purple and blue. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025 Desert shrubs, cottonwood trees, and yellow and purple wildflowers added splashes of color against the rocky backdrops, nourished by the water that brings life to the canyon floor. Derek M. Norman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for purple 

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“Purple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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