ruby

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Recent Examples of ruby As two chickens look on, the ruby-red slipper-shoe of a woman (Rosa) steps out the door. Vulture, 6 Jan. 2023 The ruby-red rectangle houses the wonderful fragrance, and is capped by a gold bar. 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 See All Example Sentences for ruby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruby
Adjective
  • In this case, Ortega was sporting the slouchy Kyle shoulder bag with gunmetal hardware, further accessorizing the $295 purse with a thin crimson scarf by the same brand.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 6 May 2025
  • The crimson tips of giant tube worms waggled in the current, tangling around clusters of mussels.
    Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • Then there’s carmine, which makes some consumers queasy because the reddish pigment comes from cochineal insects.
    Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 19 May 2025
  • In an apse, near the site of the sarcophagus, is a sparkling mosaic of Jesus in reddish and gold robes sitting atop the orb of the world.
    Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Music’s biggest night returns to Los Angeles on Sunday, and along with it, one of Hollywood’s grandest red carpets.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • The landers will also be there during a total lunar eclipse, as seen from Earth, as the moon passes through our planet’s shadow and gains a bloodred glow on the night of March 13 and the early morning of March 14.
    Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
  • 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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“Ruby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruby. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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