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variants or tricolored

tricolor

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noun

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Recent Examples of tricolor
Adjective
Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party remains an unrepentant bastion of the hard right, up to and including a tricolor flame in its logo that evokes a now-defunct party made up of the political remnants of Mussolini’s fascists. Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 13 June 2024 The symbol of the Brothers of Italy is a tricolor flame, previously used by a neo-fascist party, and its hostility to immigrants remains firm. Roger Cohen, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Noun
With a blue cover and a simple tricolor stripe running below the author’s name, rendered in an elegant script, the book recalls the Library of America collection. Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024 Thus, a tricolor ribbon for metastatic breast cancer aims to raise awareness about the need to direct funding toward the development of life-extending treatments. Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tricolor 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricolor
Noun
  • Both lost their jobs as Dolphins head coaches when the players waved the white flag on them as leaders.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The Chicago Blackhawks, Anaheim Ducks and Nashville Predators, the three clubs with even less firepower than the Bruins, have practically waved the white flag on 2024-25.
    Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But their gray world is rich in attributes that might otherwise pale in our trichromatic, million-color world.
    Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Helmholtz’s theory was that our vision was trichromatic, based on three fundamental colors: red, green, and blue, which can be combined to make any other color.
    The Lost Women of Science Initiative, Scientific American, 30 Nov. 2023
Adjective
  • In Caroline Absher’s colossal, mostly-dichromatic self-portrait Studio, the artist looks down at the viewer, who crouches or sits beneath her.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 6 May 2022
  • Álvaro's subjects were 32 trichromats (a mix of men and women) and 32 dichromatic men (a mix of the green-lacking and red-lacking subtypes).
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2015
Adjective
  • Its bicolored glasses were made from Sapphire and Mozambique baguette Ruby while its own earring was fashioned from a yellow diamond.
    Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Its bicolored yellowy-orange and pink blooms have a moderate to strong fragrance.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
Noun
  • Out-of-towners streamed in by train and Model-Ts, packing hotels draped with bunting and pennants of the two storied rivals.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Back at their Russian bases, some of the pilots have been treated to welcome home fanfares with big bands and bunting.
    Jeffrey A. Stacey, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2016
Noun
  • In line with the Princess of Wales' attire, the Duchess of Edinburgh also donned a blue and red cape over her gown, a nod to the colors of the union jack.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 7 May 2023
  • One dessert that stands out from all the cupcakes, cookies and biscuits decorated with crowns and union jacks is the Jack Russel cake, which brings to mind the king and queen consort's two Jack Russell terriers.
    Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2023
Adjective
  • The banded duckbill was collected from a coarse-sandy bottom where starfish were scuttling along the seafloor, researchers said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Available in sizes up to 3XL, the sweatshirt also features drop shoulders, a snap-up placket, and a banded hem.
    Miles Walls, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • President Joe Biden issued a proclamation declaring Jan. 9 a national day of mourning and ordering flags to half-staff for 30 days.
    Ty Gaskins, WWD, 9 Jan. 2025
  • As part of the declaration, Biden ordered flags to be flown at half-staff for a period of 30 days following Carter's death.
    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Tricolor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricolor. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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