kaleidoscopically
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a word derived from
kaleidoscope.
kaleidoscopenounan optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
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a word derived from
kaleidoscopic.
Example Sentences
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And yet Native music, kaleidoscopically varied across the country and its many tribes and heritages, remains only rarely heard, and so only vaguely understood and appreciated, by non-Natives.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
The list of kaleidoscopically flavorful dishes include caramel plums with cinnamon, sour cream and candied hazelnuts; steamed leeks with sour cream; panko-coated egg and green; and roasted and sun-dried tomato dip with “Polish dukkah.”
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2024
Custodians of the past, we must recognize that history moves kaleidoscopically, shifting with every turn that also turns us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2021
The pace, in the words of one character, is “zip-zap-zop,” with images — shards, fragments, swirls of color — flashing kaleidoscopically past, in some cases faster than the eye can consciously track.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2018
Each hamlet was involved in a kaleidoscopically changing pattern of war and shifting alliances with all neighboring hamlets, regardless of whether the neighbors were Foré or speakers of a different language.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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