a shade

idiom

: a bit : a little
He is just a shade taller than his brother.

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For the business meeting, Queen Letizia wore a suit in a shade of black with a faint white pinstripe motif. Julia Teti, WWD, 19 Mar. 2025 The stylish color options range from a soft green to a hot pink, so there’s a shade for every travel persona. Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025 There is a shade of difference between cookware and bakeware, though cookware can double as bakeware. Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2025 Since both are from the Turbo lineup, their exterior badges are a shade of silver Porsche calls Turbonite, but the differences are otherwise vanishingly small. Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for a shade

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“A shade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20shade. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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