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Recent Examples of semitransparent
The semitransparent nail trend is distinct in its high-gloss finish and gel-like surface that looks almost like a juicy, shiny lip gloss for your nails.
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Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 6 May 2025
The company is now manufacturing over 5,500 square meters of semitransparent photovoltaic glass for what Beltrán says will be the world’s largest photovoltaic skylight.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2018
Both types of lenses may benefit from new kinds of flexible electronics that are microscopic or semitransparent.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 July 2017
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With an ultralight design that features a semitransparent lighting scheme, this mouse is gorgeous, and its buttons are unbelievably snappy.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
While the base of the milky nails and milk bath nails manicures is a semitransparent white, the base of strawberry milk nails is a semitransparent pink that looks not bright but rather creamy due to a high white content.
—Melanie Paukner, Glamour, 31 Aug. 2023
How to do the strawberry milk nails trend For semitransparent manicures, preparation is the be-all and end-all.
—Melanie Paukner, Glamour, 31 Aug. 2023
In a similar spirit, Los Angeles modernists like R. M. Schindler and Richard Neutra designed semitransparent homes with light frames and sliding doors.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
Its semitransparent buttons with RGB LEDs underneath give it a stylish look, and the buttons are incredibly clicky to boot.
—Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 22 July 2023
Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 6 May 2025
The company is now manufacturing over 5,500 square meters of semitransparent photovoltaic glass for what Beltrán says will be the world’s largest photovoltaic skylight.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2018
Both types of lenses may benefit from new kinds of flexible electronics that are microscopic or semitransparent.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 July 2017
Roccat Kone Pro Air Gaming Mouse for $30 ($50 off)
With an ultralight design that features a semitransparent lighting scheme, this mouse is gorgeous, and its buttons are unbelievably snappy.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
While the base of the milky nails and milk bath nails manicures is a semitransparent white, the base of strawberry milk nails is a semitransparent pink that looks not bright but rather creamy due to a high white content.
—Melanie Paukner, Glamour, 31 Aug. 2023
How to do the strawberry milk nails trend For semitransparent manicures, preparation is the be-all and end-all.
—Melanie Paukner, Glamour, 31 Aug. 2023
In a similar spirit, Los Angeles modernists like R. M. Schindler and Richard Neutra designed semitransparent homes with light frames and sliding doors.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
Its semitransparent buttons with RGB LEDs underneath give it a stylish look, and the buttons are incredibly clicky to boot.
—Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 22 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semitransparent
Adjective
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Celebs like Hailey Bieber and Anne Hathaway have cosigned on the barely-there nail trend, with Bieber even taking it down to her toes with a totally translucent, fresh summer pedicure.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
3 June 2025
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The look is finished off with a translucent rubber outsole.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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But, never one to be bothered by what’s supposedly in or out, Bella Hadid is keeping the diaphanous look afloat, even in its downward trajectory.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2025
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The tower’s slender triangles look diaphanous from a distance, but from the sidewalk the building resembles a fortress, with a 186-foot concrete-and-steel base safeguarding the 94 stories above from bombings.—
David W. Dunlap,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Semitransparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semitransparent. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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