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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruby
Adjective
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Several actors have donned the famed crimson cape on big and small screens through the years, in black and white and in vibrant color film.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
11 July 2025
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The colors of the old-growth woodlands—bright amber, crimson, and citrine—lend an otherworldly aura to the park, too.—
Andrea Bussell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Rhubarb is a vegetable that grows in tall reddish stalks topped by big broad leaves.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Slightly above and left of the moon will be Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo, and farther away, the reddish dot of the planet Mars.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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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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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
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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
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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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“Ruby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruby. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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