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Recent Examples of ruby
The ruby-red rectangle houses the wonderful fragrance, and is capped by a gold bar.
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Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
Next to the ruby-red Majorelle bar, L’Asiatique restaurant, with its Ming Dynasty–style chairs and black lacquer tables, is a vision of Deco decadence.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2022
Chung says that the restaurant remained takeout-only throughout the pandemic and never reinstated dine-in service, despite its roomy ruby-red booths.
—Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2022
There's no way the delicate ribbed details and ruby-red color could be considered ugly.
—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2022
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Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
Next to the ruby-red Majorelle bar, L’Asiatique restaurant, with its Ming Dynasty–style chairs and black lacquer tables, is a vision of Deco decadence.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2022
Chung says that the restaurant remained takeout-only throughout the pandemic and never reinstated dine-in service, despite its roomy ruby-red booths.
—Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2022
There's no way the delicate ribbed details and ruby-red color could be considered ugly.
—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruby
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Celine Haidar dances on the upper deck of a crimson open-top bus.Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Saffron’s fragrant, crimson threads have played a key role in many of the world’s great cuisines since ancient times.Jane Black, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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Geminid meteors are often bright and can display vivid colors like yellow, green, blue or even reddish hues due to their mineral composition.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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The full eclipse, when the moon takes on an orangish or reddish color after slipping into the inner part of Earth's shadow, or umbra, should start roughly around 2:26 a.m.John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2024
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In between walking red carpets and attending charity events together, the pair welcomed two children, daughters Evangeline Ruth and Elijah.Ellie Beeck, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023
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Unusually, its tan Connolly leather interior is contrasted with red carpets.Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 5 Feb. 2023
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In Viñales, limestone knolls, or mogotes, emerge from the valley's bloodred earth like upturned loaves.Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
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This flare was both preceded and followed by incredible bloodred auroral displays that engulfed the planet from the poles to the tropics.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2012
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“Ruby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruby. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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