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Adjective
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This specific shade of brunette, with both warm and cool tones, starts with a rich, chocolatey base, says Rez, and features cool, sandy-toned highlights and ashy reflects throughout.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
27 Mar. 2025 -
Its lightest shade, Biscuit, perfectly nails the ashy tone that emulates natural shadows of bone structure.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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As the trial got underway, her clients sat ashen at the defense table.—
J. David Goodman,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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His skin, particularly his face, had an ashen appearance.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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The only racial group that saw a decrease in suicide rates across age cohorts was non-Hispanic white people.—
Ellen Barry,
BostonGlobe.com,
11 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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The horizon is low and the pale blue sky occupies most of the monumental canvas.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Visitors to the exhibition can see the preppy blue blazers and striped ties that Jason Schwartzman wore in Rushmore; the khaki suit, fur coat and red tracksuit seen in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); and the pale aquamarine uniforms from The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004).—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Local soils are exceptionally sandy and not adjusted to the acidity preferred by azaleas.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
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Planting tomatoes in intensely sandy soil requires watering them at least twice a day or more in some cases.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This is why babies and toddlers with a shock of blond hair can end up a mousy brown color in adulthood.—
RJ Mackenzie,
Popular Science,
20 Mar. 2025
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For evidence, just look at her recent transformation from mousy brunette to bombshell blonde.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Like Napoleon’s Uncle Rico, who dwells on his long-ago high-school-football days, Garrett is living in the faded aura of past glory: in his case, a 1989 video-game championship.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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As thousands of migrants cycled through its faded lobby, the Roosevelt turned into a lightning rod in the country’s immigration debate: both as a reminder of the depth of the crisis and as shorthand for critics opposed to the expenditure of taxpayer money on migrants.—
Luis Ferré-Sadurní,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Chalky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chalky. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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