pinkish
somewhat pink: The sky at sunset has a pinkish glow.
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It comes in three colors, including the familiar silver and space gray as well as a pinkish gold color that makes it stand out from its bigger siblings.
MacBook Air vs. Pro: Which Apple laptop is right for you? | Stan Horaczek | February 11, 2022 | Popular-ScienceThe area’s climate and fertile soils are perfect for growing crops such as tea, coffee, plums, avocados, and a sweet pinkish-red fruit called lychee.
Zimbabwe’s climate migration is a sign of what’s to come | Andrew Mambondiyani | December 17, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThis one has a pinkish hue to help it fade into the forest floor.
Inflatable tentacles and silk hats: See how caterpillars trick predators to survive | Erin Fennessy | October 29, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSurgeons in New York City successfully attached a pig kidney to a human patient and watched the pinkish organ function normally for 54 hours.
What does the first successful test of a pig-to-human kidney transplant mean? | Jonathan Lambert | October 22, 2021 | Science NewsThe mysterious chemical, which produces a pinkish-magenta substance when dried, wasn’t mentioned in published descriptions of tire rubber or contaminated waters.
Salmon are dying off and your car tires might be to blame | Kate Baggaley | December 4, 2020 | Popular-Science
People with a single pinkish eye may have a physical irritation—an eyelash, a piece of grit—that causes tearing and inflammation.
Everything You Wanted To Know About Bob Costas’s Olympic Pinkeye | Kent Sepkowitz | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor Mrs. Robin had an end of a pinkish-white worm in her bill, on which she was tugging as hard as she could.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyTo begin with, the bar was of pinkish sandstone, smoothed and covered by a coating of plastic.
Fee of the Frontier | Horace Brown FyfeFor a few moments - 167 -the sun bathes the great garden in a pinkish glow, then drops slowly, a blood-red disk, behind the trees.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithHe saw a nose and a little, knobby chin and a bit of pinkish forehead with the pale yellow of hair above.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerThe kitten, with the greed of its kind, devoured the cream, covering its small nose and whiskers with a pinkish film.
The Medici Boots | Pearl Norton Swet
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