a shade

idiom

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

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The show has more than a shade of Netflix smash Love is Blind to it. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 July 2025 In total, the weekend’s top 10 titles brought in just under $7.6 million, a shade under last week. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 June 2025 Those both feel a shade high to us, given how suffocating the Florida Panthers have been defensively and how mightily the Leafs stars have struggled. James Mirtle, New York Times, 16 May 2025 Hargitay points to blooms a shade of pink that her mother — who famously lived in the Pink Palace, a Mediterranean-style L.A. mansion — would surely appreciate. Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 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 16 Jul. 2025.

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